Bowls Club Plays

Famous quotes containing the words bowls, club and/or plays:

“Goldfish in the privacy of bowls do it.”
—Cole Porter (1893–1964)

“He loved to sit silent in a corner of his club and listen to the loud chattering of politicians, and to think how they all were in his power—how he could smite the loudest of them, were it worth his while to raise his pen for such a purpose.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

“A great many quite good plays could be performed with rhythmic howls in the place of dialogue and lose almost nothing by the change.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)