Famous quotes containing the words tricks, bid and/or scores:
“The tragic hero prefers death to prudence. The comedian prefers playing tricks to winning. Only the villain really plays to win.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Do not speak like a death’s-head, do not bid me remember mine end.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy—but he who has shown the better temper.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)