On negotiating the budget for the European Union, 2005. <br class="br">Edward Stourton (2006-03-13) Inside the British Presidency. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/insidebritishpresidency.shtml BBC Radio 4.
“Sex is good but poker lasts longer.”
Alan Williams (novelist) (1935) novelist
Spanier, David. Total Poker. London: Secker & Warburg, 1977. No page number. (Cited in Poker Wit & Wisdom: Quotes and Writings on America's Favorite Card Game. A. D. Livingston. Globe Pequot (2006); pg. 50).
“Nice bluff—but I was born on the planet that invented poker.”
Charles E. Gannon (1960) American novelist
Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 57 (p. 840)
“.. and the devil won another easy hand in God's poker game.”
Zadie Smith book White Teeth
White Teeth (2000)
“[That] is the essence of poker: making tricky decisions based on incomplete information.”
Introduction
Poker Night (2004)
“Here's a freebie: Don't play poker with a kid who can read minds.”
James Patterson (1947) American author
Source: The Final Warning
“You have the opposite of poker face. You have like.. miniature golf face.”
Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love
Source: Eat, Pray, Love
“What is "poker?" A card game where abler liars take money off less able liars.”
David Mitchell book Cloud Atlas
"An Orison of Sonmi~451", p. 209
Cloud Atlas (2004), An Orison of Sonmi~451 (Part 1)
“I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.”
Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author
