A biography for Robert Byrnehasn’t been written yet.
“Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked geography.”
“Petty thievery is a more profitable job than pool hustling, which it resembles, requires far less talent and training, and is equally devoid of promise.”
“One reason people get divorced is that they run out of gift ideas.”
“Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell.”
“No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one.”
“Winter is nature's way of saying, 'Up yours.'”
“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.”