Ring Lardner — American Comedian born on March 06, 1885, died on September 25, 1933

Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings about sports, marriage, and theatre drama... (wikipedia)

The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do.
The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.
They gave each other a smile with a future in it.
A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.
No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as he would have done with out it.