Charles Lever quotes
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“No matter how skillfully a man play the game of life, there is but one test of his ability--did he win?”
-- Charles LeverSource : Charles Lever (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Lever (Illustrated)”, p.4531, Delphi Classics
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“The rain was dashing in torrents against the window-panes, and the wind sweeping in heavy and fitful gusts along the dreary and deserted streets, as a party of three persons sat over their wine, in that stately old pile which once formed the resort of the Irish Members, in College Green, Dublin, and went by the name of Daly's Clubhouse.”
-- Charles LeverSource : Charles Lever (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Lever (Illustrated)”, p.767, Delphi Classics
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“Old Dublin City there is no doubtin' Bates every city upon the say. 'Tis there you'd hear O'Connell spoutin' And Lady Morgan making tay. For 'tis the capital of the finest nation, With charmin' pisintry upon a fruitful sod, Fightin' like devils for conciliation, And hatin' each other for the Love of God.”
-- Charles Lever
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Source : "Soon to be a Major Motion Picture". Book by Abbie Hoffman, p. 297, 1980.
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Source : A. B. Simpson (1987). “Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear”, p.23, Moody Publishers
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“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”
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Source : Source: www.usatoday.com
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“The pressure I put on myself is the only pressure I'm feeling once I get into the game.”
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Source : "To Save a Life: Stories of Holocaust Rescue" edited by Ellen Land-Weber, Part I, Holland, Ch. 1, (p. 48), 2000.
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“Cincinnati needs to take notes from Houston. Houston fans are among the top five fans in the game.”
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