Poker Hand

Famous quotes containing the words poker and/or hand:

    The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent.
    David Mamet (b. 1947)

    Olivia. Is’t not well done?
    Viola. Excellently done, if God did all.
    Olivia. ‘Tis in grain, sir, ‘twill endure wind and weather.
    Viola. ‘Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white
    Nature’s own sweet and cunning hand laid on.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)