“Commuter — one who spends his life
In riding to and from his wife;
A man who shaves and takes a train
And then rides back to shave again.”
"Commuter," The Lady Is Cold (1929)
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American writer 1899–1985Related quotes
“Don't kiss a man who hasn't shaved.”
Interview with Rebecca Murray, movies.about.com/od/delovely/a/delovekk062904_2.htm
“Who rides, so late, through night and wind?
It is the father with his child.”
Der Erlkönig (1782)
Context: Who rides, so late, through night and wind?
It is the father with his child.
He holds the boy in the crook of his arm
He holds him safe, he keeps him warm.
Opium (1929)
1960s, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (1967)
“No one trains like me. No one rides like me. This jersey's mine.”
On the team bus, after winning his fifth Tour de France in 2003, as quoted in "On your marks, get set … go!" in The Guardian by William Fotheringham in The Guardian (30 June 2007) http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jun/30/featuresreviews.guardianreview7
Context: No one trains like me. No one rides like me. This jersey's mine. I live for this jersey. It's my life. No one's taking it away from me. This fucking jersey's mine.
“Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside”
“A man can't ride your back unless it's bent”
Variant: A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.