Robert Byrne's Quotes

A game is great, in my view, only if it can be played happily by a sane person of at least average intelligence for several hours a day for fifty years. Both pool and billiards qualify.

Robert Byrne

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.

Robert Byrne

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.

Robert Byrne

It's easy to make a cue last a lifetime. Don't boil it or freeze it in the trunk of a car. Don't lean it against a wall for years. If you lose a game to a complete idiot, hit the edge of the table in anger with something other than your cue.

Robert Byrne

Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell.

Robert Byrne

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

Robert Byrne