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Quotes About Cards

I'm a big baseball fan, and I love the Cards.
~ Robbie Lawler
A prequel to 'Baby' was never on the cards, but when the movie was successful, we realized from the audience response to my character that they wanted to see more of me.
~ Taapsee Pannu
I carry cards because I don't like cash.
~ Kevin Jonas
My mom used to keep all her Christmas cards in a basket bedecked with red ribbon, and I loved to look at them all and read all the letters.
~ Elizabeth Berg
I'm a very smart guy. I haven't a feeling or a scruple in the world. All I have the itch for is money. I am so money greedy that for twenty-five bucks a day and expenses, mostly gasoline and whiskey, I do my thinking myself, what there is of it; I risk my whole future, the hatred of the cops and of Eddie Mars and his pals. I dodge bullets and eat saps, and say thank you very much, if you have any more trouble, I hope you'll think of me, I'll just leave one of my cards in case anything comes up.
~ Raymond Chandler
She made a humph noise and played another card. She got the ace of diamonds up to the top line. "The ace of clubs is buried, darn it. I'm not going to get it out in time." "Kind of slide it out," I said, "when you're not looking
~ Raymond Chandler
Vu iz do a vasser on a zamd? Vu is do a melech on a land? Dos vasser fun oyg iz on zamd. Der melech in kortn iz on land. Where is there water without sand? Where is there a king without land? Tears from the eyes are withoud sand. The king of cards has no land. (p. 72)
~ Rebecca Goldstein Mazel
In poker the highest hand is a royal straight-flush in spades.
~ Richard Bachman
My, my, solitaire?" Takanori sat down with his legs crossed, facing his boss. "No, dummy," replied Yoneda. "Can't you tell? These're tarot cards.
~ K?ji Suzuki
Love is woman's eternal spring and man's eternal fall. It is a game at which men must play against stacked cards, and without the slightest inkling of the trump.
~ Helen Rowland
I don't object to nine aces in one deck. But when a man lays down five aces in one hand... and besides, I know what I dealt him!
~ W. C. Fields
The only other people who have had experiences similar to those of this man were locked up inside institutions for the criminally insane. The difference is, this guy gets business cards.
~ Augusten Burroughs
Never play cards with a man named Doc, and never eat at a place called Mom's.
~ John O'Hara
People who recognize that money won't buy happiness are still willing to see if credit cards will do the trick.
~ Charles E. McKenzie
The last time money left the art world, intrepid types maxed out their credit cards and opened galleries, and a few of them have become the best in the world.
~ Jerry Saltz
A magician may step out without a purse, but he should never step out without a pack of playing cards.
~ Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
Patience and shuffle the cards.
~ Miguel de Cervantes
2.07 WALK OF LIFELife but like a cycle that you be riding, You will fall if you ever stop peddling, Life not of good cards you be holding, But those held and how you be playing.[68] - 4
~ Munindra Misra, Eddies of Life
In the first half of the second millennium A.D., a revolutionary form of gambling swept across Asia and Europe. Allowing for infinitely more variation than dice games, capable of artistic embellishment and even educational lessons, playing cards would supplant dice as the favored gambling mechanism to most of the world.
~ David G. Schwartz
Grip stands—Also known as c-stands and gobo stands. These three-legged, collapsing stands are essential tools in lighting. They come with a grip head (gobo head) and grip arm and are used to position flags and nets, bounce cards, and so on. Be sure to always place a sandbag on the higher leg to stabilize.
~ David Landau
Losing is like smoking. It's habit forming"; "Fear is the basis of all mankind. In cards, you psyche 'em out, you shark 'em, you put the fear of God in 'em
~ Puggy Pearson
Hold'em is a game of calculated aggression. If your cards are good enough for you to call a bet, they are good enough to raise with.
~ Al Alvarez
Everyone understands cards and relates to it. They have them in their homes and in their hands, so it makes them very accessible.
~ David Copperfield
I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sand castles, houses of cards, that's where they begin. Their great skills is their capacity to escalate.
~ Markus Zusak, The Book Thief