Robert Leo Byrne
Born: 22 May 1930, Dubuque, Iowa
Byrne eared a degree in civil engineering at the University of Colorado in 1954 and moved to the San Francisco area where he edited a construction-industry magazine before becoming a full-time writer in 1977. He apparently got good with a cue stick on the way to writing seven books on billiards and pool. (He did not, however, get involved with chess; that's Robert Eugene Byrne, Grandmaster and long-time chess columnist for the New York Times.) He also got hooked on quotations and has edited several well-known collections, not to mention seven novels and an exposé of literary frauds. Byrne lives with his wife Cindy, back in his home town of Dubuque.
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- A fool and his money are soon partied. permalink
Robert Byrne - A lack of accuracy can save your life if you are hurling yourself on your sword. permalink
Robert Byrne - A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life. permalink
Robert Byrne - A situation is not hopeless until the contract is signed. permalink
Robert Byrne - Absence makes the heart go yonder. permalink
Robert Byrne - All politics is loco. permalink
Robert Byrne - Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked geography. permalink
Robert Byrne - Beauty is in the eye of the cuckholder. permalink
Robert Byrne - Catholics go to Confession just to brag. permalink
Robert Byrne - Collecting quotations is an insidious, even embarrassing habit, like ragpicking or hoarding rocks or trying on other people's laundry. I got into it originally while trying to break an addiction to candy. I kicked candy and now seem to be stuck with quotations, which are attacking my brain instead of my teeth. permalink
Robert Byrne - Complete this sentence. I never met a man I didn't like:
a. to cheat
b. at first.
c. to avoid.
d. better than you. permalink
Robert Byrne - Confidence is always overconfidence. permalink
Robert Byrne - Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least. permalink
Robert Byrne - Doing a thing well is often a waste of time. permalink
Robert Byrne - Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo. permalink
Robert Byrne
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