Quote by Katharine Whitehorn
I cannot for the life of me see why the umpires, the only two peop

I cannot for the life of me see why the umpires, the only two people on a cricket field who are not going to get grass stains on their knees, are the only two people allowed to wear dark trousers. – Katharine Whitehorn

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There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes. – Katharine Whitehorn

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People get a bad impression of it by continually trying to treat it as if it was a bank clerk, who ought to be on time on Tuesday next, instead of philosophically seeing it as a painter, who may do anything so long as you dont try to predict what. – Katharine Whitehorn

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Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to. – Katharine Whitehorn

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Professional sports are something they cant control. – Troy Vincent

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Why should sports men and women get punished harsher than people in the normal world? – David Millar

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I like people who are enthused about things they do, like travel, sports, work. I like being with people who have things theyre excited about. – Parker Stevenson

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We have forty-four defenses for him, but he has forty-five ways to score. – Al Attles, on Nate Archibald

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