Main Event Match

Famous quotes containing the words main event, main, event and/or match:

    “I had one life. And what did I do? Wasted it in some palooka preliminaries in Spain, just before Hitler and Chamberlain warm up for the main event.”
    —Billy Wilder (b. 1906)

    “Of all wit’s uses, the main one
    Is to live well with who has none.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “When little boys grown patient at last, weary,
    Surrender their eyes immeasurably to the night,
    The event will rage terrific as the sea;
    Their bodies fill a crumbling room with light.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “You look rather rash my dear your colors don’t quite match your face.”
    —Daisy Ashford (1881–1972)