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Quotes About Poker-faced

They didn't love or hate anything, or at least so that you could see; it was just that they were in the habit of never showing their hand.
~ Rachel Cusk
Lee's face was a Spock-on-the-bridge-of-the-Enterprise blank.
~ Joe Hill
But if Crake wanted her to stay longer on any given night, do it again maybe, she'd make some excuse—jet lag, a headache, something plausible. Her inventions were seamless, she was the best poker-faced liar in the world, so there would be a kiss goodbye for stupid Crake, a smile, a wave, a closed door, and the next minute there she would be, with Jimmy.
~ Margaret Atwood
Morgan's face gave away nothing, smooth as a mirror.
~ Elizabeth Bear
I don't reveal to her that I love her. I keep poker faced. She might as well be looking at a cantaloupe, there is so little information in my face, but my heart is beating.
~ Kurt Vonnegut
Is this some exercise in keeping a straight face?
~ Neal Stephenson
Useful though they are, the vast majority of dictionaries and encyclopedias are poker-faced pieces of work that stick to the facts and present them as soberly - and unstylishly - as possible.
~ Terry Teachout
The right honourable gentleman is reminiscent of a poker. The only difference is that a poker gives off the occasional signs of warmth.
~ Benjamin Disraeli