Famous quotes containing the word reckon:
“Let the realist not mind appearances. Let him delegate to others the costly courtesies and decorations of social life. The virtues are economists, but some of the vices are also. Thus, next to humility, I have noticed that pride is a pretty good husband. A good pride is, as I reckon it, worth from five hundred to fifteen hundred a year.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“I reckon a body that ups and tells the truth when he is in a tight place, is taking considerable many resks; though I aint had no experience, and cant say for certain.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)
“I reckon this could mean another 10 million at the box office.”
—Blake Edwards (b. 1922)
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