"He had the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces."
Mark Twain

"Hold em is to stud what chess is to checkers."
Johnny Moss

"The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius."
Big Julie

"Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died."
Steven Wright

"Whether he likes it or not, a man's character is stripped bare at the poker table; if the other players read him better than he does, he has only himself to blame. Unless he is both able and prepared to see himself as others do, flaws and all, he will be a loser in cards, as in life."
Anthony Holden - from "Big Deal"

"Cards are war, in disguise of a sport."
Charles Lamb - "Essays of Elia" (1832)

"You call...gonna be all over, baby."
Scotty Nguyen - during the 1998 World Series of Poker. Down to the final 2 players, he said this to his opponent while he held the best possible hand.

"I don't know about the four 9's but I think the ace is pretty hot."
George Clooney - in "Oceans Eleven"

"Money won is twice as sweet as money earned"
Paul Newman - as Fast Eddie in "The Color of Money"

"Cards are war, in disguise of a sport."
Charles Lamb

"Poker may be a branch of psychological warfare, an art form or indeed a way of life – but it is also merely a game, in which money is simply the means of keeping score."
Anthony Holden

"Limit poker is a science, but no-limit is an art. In limit, you are shooting at a target. In no-limit, the target comes alive and shoots back at you."
Jack Strauss

"The strong point in poker is never to lose your temper, either with those you are playing with or, more particularly, with the cards. There is no sympathy in poker. Always keep cool. If you lose your head you will lose all your chips."
William J. Florence

"It never hurts for potential opponents to think you’re more than a little stupid and can hardly count all the money in your hip pocket, much less hold on to it."
Amarillo Slim

"Aces are larger than life and greater than mountains."
Mike Caro

"It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail."
Gore Vidal

"That ego has destroyed many a poker career."
Jim Boyd

"Poker exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great."
Walter Matthau

"Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead."
Jackie Robinson

"Well, I'll just pretend I was playin' with someone else's money."
Annabelle - in the movie Maverick

"My old pappy always used to say, there is no more deeply satisfying religious experience... than cheatin' on a cheater."
Maverick - in the movie Maverick

"At gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck."
Ian Fleming - Casino Royale (1953)

"Neither I nor anyone else can guarantee you will win. If someone tells you they can, do not believe them. Run making sure you have a death grip on your wallet."
Ken Pearlman

"The smarter you play, the luckier you'll be."
Mark Pilarski

"No wife can endure a gambling husband unless he is a steady winner."
Lord Dewar