Quotes by Irvin S. Cobb

As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid.
– Irvin S. Cobb
Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
– Irvin S. Cobb
I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.
– Irvin S. Cobb
If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.
– Irvin S. Cobb
Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms.
– Irvin S. Cobb