Tennis is an addiction that once it has truly hooked a man will not let him go.

- Russell Lynes

A lady is a woman who makes a man behave like a gentleman.

- Russell Lynes

If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably deserved.

- Russell Lynes

Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.

- Russell Lynes

The most effective comeback to an insult is silence.

- Russell Lynes

No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published.

- Russell Lynes

Anybody who told you to be yourself simply couldn't have given you worse advice.

- Russell Lynes

Brains aren't everything. In fact in your case they're nothing.

- Russell Lynes

Are you always this stupid or are you making a special effort today?

- Russell Lynes