Walter Briggs

Walter Briggs may refer to:

  • Walter Briggs, Sr. (1877–1952), owner of the Detroit Tigers and Briggs Manufacturing Company
  • Walter Briggs, Jr. (1912–1970), son of Walter Briggs, Sr. and owner of the Detroit Tigers

Famous quotes containing the words walter and/or briggs:

    What is our life? a play of passion;
    Our mirth the music of division;
    Our mothers’ wombs the tiring-houses be
    Where we are dressed for this short comedy.
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)

    Before I get through with you, you will have a clear case for divorce and so will my wife. Now, the first thing to do is arrange for a settlement. You take the children, your husband takes the house, Junior burns down the house, you take the insurance and I take you!
    S.J. Perelman, U.S. screenwriter, Arthur Sheekman, Will Johnstone, and Norman Z. McLeod. Groucho Marx, Monkey Business, terms for a divorce settlement proposed while trying to woo Lucille Briggs (Thelma Todd)