
“Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!”
Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (2000)
“Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!”
“Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.”
Comments after President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address (20 January 1961).
“Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.”
“A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable, and never acceptable.”
Guitar Craft Monograph III: Aphorisms, Oct. 27 1988
“The part never calls for it. And I've never ever used that excuse. The box office calls for it.”
Of nudity on stage, as quoted in The Guardian (31 December 1994)
“He never fails to hit the target. But that was a miss.”
"Sir Bobby Robson: his most memorable quotes," 2009
In conversation with Logan Pearsall Smith. Reported in Smith's Unforgotten Years (1938) p. 169.
Other
Source: Vamps and Tramps (1994), "No Law in the Arena: A Pagan Theory of Sexuality", p. 134