“I loved dancing with a delirious 'I wish I could die' passion, especially when the music appealed to me ... but alas! only one in ten partners had any notion of time, and what made it worse, the nine were always behind, never before the beat. ... Sometimes I would firmly seize smaller, lighter partners by the scruff of the neck, so to speak, and whirl them along in the way they should go, but I saw they were not enjoying themselves, and oddly enough I wanted these wretches to like dancing with me.” WayShouldMadeSometimesEnoughWantedDiesPassionSpeakWishEnjoyBehindsSawsTenBeatsDancingDanceNotionPartnersNineMade ItNecksAlasLightersDelirious Author:Ethel Smyth
“The average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth... It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty - and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies.” MenEnjoyLibertySpecialDemocraticAverageLibertarianNineImaginaryOutlawDemocratic SocietyAverage Man Author:H. L. Mencken
“In America everyone plays bang ball, eight ball, nine ball, that kind of stupid crap, but in Canada and Europe they play snooker which is a much more skillful game and I enjoy that. I play pool now with friends, if we go to a bar we will play, but I am nowhere near as good as I once was.” IfsKindPlayAmericaGamesEnjoyStupidEuropeBallsEightNineBarsCanadaPoolCrapBangsSkillfulSnookerEight Ball Author:Daniel Negreanu