10 Random Poker Quotes

• "There are few things that are so unpardonably neglected in our country as poker. The upper class knows very little about it. Now and then you find ambassadors who have sort of a general knowledge of the game, but the ignorance of the people is fearful. Why, I have known clergymen, good men, kind-hearted, liberal, sincere, and all that, who did not know the meaning of a "flush". It is enough to make one ashamed of the species." --Mark Twain
• Asked why he played in a game known to be crooked, a player replied, "But it's the only game in town."
• When I was young, I heard that all you need is a chip and chair. Now that I am old, I realize that they weren't talking about tortilla chips.
• "It's hard work. Gambling. Playing poker. Don't let anyone tell you different. Think about what it's like sitting at a poker table with people whose only goal is to cut your throat, take your money, and leave you out back talking to yourself about what went wrong inside. That probably sounds harsh. But that's the way it is at the poker table. If you don't believe me, then you're the lamb that's going off to the slaughter." --Stu Unger, three-time WSOP Champion
• The next best thing to playing and winning is playing and losing. --Nick the Greek
• If there was no luck involved I'd win every time. - Phil Hellmuth
• Nixon financed his first political campaign with money he won playing poker against his fellow naval officers.
• The best thing about that hand was I wasn't in it
• "Poker is 100% skill, 50% luck" - Phil Hellmuth
• when you win its got to make a difference when you lose its got to hurt.