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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Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps. – Tiger Woods

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Golf is the most fun you can have without taking your clothes off. – Chi Chi Rodriguez

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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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If you break 100, watch your golf. If you break 80, watch your business. – Joey Adams

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