Quotes on poker
Poker is to cards and games what jazz is to music. It's this great American thing, born and bred here. We dig it because everybody can play.
Lipscomb, Steve
Poker is the game closest to the western conception of life, where life and thought are recognized as intimately combined, where free will prevails over philosophies of fate or of chance, where men are considered moral agents and where - at least in the short run - the important thing is not what happens but what people think happens.
Luckacs, John
Poker exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great.
Matthau, Walter
Old card players never die, they just shuffle away.
Unknown, Author
In a game of poker, I can put the players' souls in my pocket.
Beausourire
The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius.
Unknown, Author
Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.
Lamb, Charles
Poker, n. A game said to be played with cards for some purpose to this lexicographer unknown.
Bierce, Ambrose
Your best chance to get a Royal Flush in a casino is in the bathroom.
Pappy, VP