Pjp Ii Quotes & Sayings

He did not believe in luck at all, good or bad. Gamblers believed in luck, and he was not a gambler. Never had been, never would be. John Henry Holliday believed in mathematics, in statistics, in the computation of odds. Fifty-two cards in a deck. Make it easy. Say it's fifty. Any card has a 2 percent chance of being dealt from a full deck. Keep track of what's out. Adjust the probabilities as the hand progresses. — Mary Doria Russell

When it comes to flying, I am a nervous passenger but a confident drinker and Valium-swallower. — Martin Amis

Commodore did not have a reputation for fun and games in 1980 - they were CBM, the business machine company. — Brian Bagnall

What I urge is that you learn to master your life by living each day in a day-tight compartment and this will certainly ensure your safety throughout your entire journey of life. — Max Lucado

Next year he did not come for her. She waited in a new frock because the old one simply would not meet, but he never came. "Perhaps he is ill," Michael said. "You know he is never ill." Michael came close to her and whispered, with a shiver, "Perhaps there is no such person, Wendy!" and then Wendy would have cried if Michael had not been crying. — James M. Barrie

He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on. — Benjamin Franklin

To make marijuana against the law is like saying God made a big mistake. — Bill Hicks

We get weak and we fall down. It's when we stand up again that we become stronger. You will learn from this and be better for it. It's okay to fall once in a while. You'll pick yourself up - eventually. — E.L. Todd

Every human being should show the greatest interest in beekeeping because our lives depend upon it. — Rudolf Steiner

Clean coal represents a breakthrough in the marketing of coal, but not in the science of burning coal. — Van Jones