"Bonehead" Quotes from Famous Books
... "they're so different that it's hard to compare them. Both of them demand every bit of speed and nerve a fellow has, if he plays them right. And a bonehead can't make good in either. There are lots of times in each game when a man has to think like lightning. As for courage, it's about a stand off. With three men on bases in the ninth, nobody out, and only one run needed to win, it's a sure enough ... — Bert Wilson on the Gridiron • J. W. Duffield
... blackness, "commend me to you, Roy Prescott. If you'd thought it over before you started—looked before you leaped—this would never have happened. Anybody but a chump could have seen that, on the face of it, the whole thing was a scheme to entice you away. Oh, you bonehead! You ninny!" ... — The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise • Margaret Burnham
... I guess it'll come out all right in the end; but, believe me, we certainly pulled a bonehead play when we went on strike because of those ... — Mary Minds Her Business • George Weston
... "Excelsior!" It should have said "Bonehead!" It would have said it, too, if Ned Buntline had been handling the subject, for he had a sense of verities, had Ned. Probably that was one of the reasons why they barred his works out of all ... — A Plea for Old Cap Collier • Irvin S. Cobb |