Quote by Alistair Cooke
Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflat

Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflated by stupidity, skill scoured by a whiff of arrogance. – Alistair Cooke

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Curiosity…endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will. – Alistair Cooke

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It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones of sugared tomatoes, is a delectable necessity of the Thanksgiving board and that turkey is uneatable without it. – Alistair Cooke

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That son of a bitch was able to hole a putt over 60 feet of peanut brittle. – Lloyd Mangrum, about Bobby Locke

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Everybody can see that my swing is homegrown. That means everybody has a chance to do it. – Bubba Watson

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If you wish to hide your character, do not play golf. – Percey Boomer

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It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place this world is when one is playing golf. – Robert Lynd

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