Famous quotes containing the words heir and/or card:
“Tis the curse of service,
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th first.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“What is the disease which manifests itself in an inability to leave a partyany party at alluntil it is all over and the lights are being put out?... I suppose that part of this mania for staying is due to a fear that, if I go, something good will happen and Ill miss it. Somebody might do card tricks, or shoot somebody else.”
—Robert Benchley (18891945)