Quote: Bat Masterson

"There are those who argue that everything breaks even in this old dump of a world of ours. I suppose these ginks who argue that way hold that because the rich man gets ice in the summer and the poor man gets it in the winter things are breaking even for both. Maybe so, but I'll swear I can't see it that way."

(This last quotation was also Masterson's last words, as it was the bit of column found on the typewriter Masterson was using before he died while typing).

Bartholomew "Bat" Masterson
1853-1921

U.S. Marshal and sports editor/columnist