And a few more:
People always call it luck when you act more sensibly than they have. Anne Tyler 1941-
The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. Henry Golden 1902-81
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck. James Garfield 1831-81
True luck consists of not in holding the best cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows when
just to rise and go home. John Hay 1838-1905
Luck is what you have leftover after you give 100%. Langston Coleman
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-82
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826
The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass. William Blake 1757-1827
The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. Bret Harte 1836-1902, American Writer
Jean H--
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.... Dr. Seuss
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----- Original Message ----
From: Terrence Murphy <tismurph@hotmail.com>
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 3:38:32 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: "Luck" definition (Harry Porter)
On luck, from my hopefully, soon to be published book: The "JOKE-
TIONARY of POKER"
Luck: 1. A poker player's best friend or worst enemy.
2. Something that belongs in the same category as Santa
Claus, Frosty the Snowman, the
Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny.
3. When bankroll meets opportunity.
4. An enduring, maddening, mystery.
5. I broke a mirror last week. I'm supposed to get seven
years bad luck. My lawyer thinks he
can get me five.
6. Q: What do you get when you cross poison ivy with a four-
leaf clover?
A: A rash of good luck.
7. I don't need to exercise. I get enough just pushing my
luck.
8. It's bad luck to be superstitious.
9. Q: Why did the poker player iron a four-leaf-clover?
A: Because he wanted to press his luck.
10. The only explanation for the success of people we hate.
11. The thing that draws us for jury duty, but never for
the lottery.
12. What happens when preparation meets opportunity?
13. A black and white cat crossed my path this morning, and
since then my luck has been patchy.
14. A lazy man's estimate of a worker's success.
15. Luck often wins out over science and technology!
16. He's so unlucky that last week his swimming pool burned
down.
17. He's so unlucky that last week his artificial flower died.
18. Luck: The residue of design.
19. It is bad luck to be superstitious.
20. My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people
would stop dying.
21. A man on a date wonders if he'll get lucky. The woman
already knows.
An optometrist told his patient: "It appears your vision is
improving!"
"Really?" replied the patient. "Must be the luck of the iris."
"Luck: The only real protection bad players have against good ones."
–Terrence "VP Pappy" Murphy
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In a message dated 3/19/2008 11:55:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
_jerrygr@…_ (mailto:jerrygr@…) writes:"Luck is a temporary deviation, either good or bad, from normal
expectations.That fits well with Allison's Law on Royals.
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