"Bonehead" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... on, "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 test of pluck for either ...
— Bert Wilson on the Gridiron • J. W. Duffield
... with that bonehead Indian!" said Philip with fervor. "Lord, what a civil retort!" and he stammered forth an ...
— Diane of the Green Van • Leona Dalrymple
... spent the next ten minutes in explaining that he had meant to convey no reflections; that his sweetheart was the dearest, most lovable, and most intelligent person in the world; that he would never have made, and never could make, an actor: that he was the biggest bonehead in the boundaries of the City of Toronto, and all his friends and acquaintances knew it. She made him withdraw the last assertion, and beg her pardon in his nicest manner for insulting himself and his wife to be, and then came back to ...
— William Adolphus Turnpike • William Banks
... promptly, a sparkle dawning in his eyes. "Not that I ever did any of it, but I used to watch the other fellers at work and I'm thinking I could go them one better at it. I've seen them make some bonehead plays, in my time, and some wonderful hits, ...
— The Fifth Ace • Douglas Grant
... ape with an aged and jealous spouse, and the sure-fire familiarity of aged minstrel jokes (mother-in-law, country constable, young married cookery, and the like) refurbished in pictorial serials through the agency of two uproarious and imbecilic vulgarians, Bonehead and Buttinsky. ...
— Success - A Novel • Samuel Hopkins Adams
... 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 ...
— Mary Minds Her Business • George Weston |
