“Sex is good but poker lasts longer.”
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).
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On negotiating the budget for the European Union, 2005.
Edward Stourton (2006-03-13) Inside the British Presidency. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/insidebritishpresidency.shtml BBC Radio 4.
Source: This Is the Way the World Ends (1986), Chapter 8, “In Which Our Hero Witnesses Some of the Many Surprising Effects of Nuclear War, Including Sundeath, Timefolds, and Unadmittance” (p. 97)
“It’s hard work and it takes longer than murder or sex.”
Chin Wag At The Slaughterhouse (2013)
Context: Murder and sex are both Dionysian.
Creative work is first anarchic; and then it’s structured. It’s right brain then left brain. Anarchic then controlled. To be a really good writer, you have to be able to do both. It’s hard work and it takes longer than murder or sex.
Responding to Stuart Wheeler's suggestion that women are not good at chess, bridge or poker.
Evening Standard Quote of the Day, Friday 16 Aug 2013, p. 16
“She hugged the offender, and forgave the offense:
Sex to the last.”
Source: Fables, Ancient and Modern (1700), Cymon and Iphigenia, Lines 367–368.
“Sex is no longer a serious taboo. Teenagers sometimes know more about it than adults.”
Inside Information p. 4
The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (1966)
“Sex is good, but not as good as fresh sweet corn.”
