Irvin S. Cobb
Irvin S. Cobb
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobbwas an American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904, living there for the remainder of his life. He wrote for the New York World, Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper, as the highest paid staff reporter in the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth23 June 1876
CountryUnited States of America
good people
A good storyteller is a person with a good memory and hopes other people haven't.
goods
An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been discontinued.
kentucky appreciate heritage
To be born in Kentucky is a heritage; to brag about it is a habit; to appreciate it is a virtue.
eye kentucky derby
Until you go to Kentucky and with your own eyes behold the Derby, you ain't never been nowhere and you ain't seen nothin'!
writing too-much good-business
If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.
witty crazy political
If I wanted to go crazy I would do it in Washington because it would not be noticed
witty humorous illness
I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.
golf men penance
Golf - a young man's vice and an old man's penance.
hate loving-him colonels
You had to hate the Colonel a whole lot to keep from loving him.
funeral eulogy defense
A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in.
women likes like-her
If a woman likes another woman, she's cordial. If she doesn't like her, she's very cordial.
cities san-francisco friendly
Of all American cities of whatever size the most friendly on preliminary inspection, and on further acquaintance the most likable. The happiest-hearted, the gayest, the most care-free city on this continent.
witty women laughing
A woman may have a witty tongue or a stinging pen but she will never laugh at her own individual shortcomings.
jobs work men
Men are vain; but they won't mind women working so long as they get smaller wages for the same job.