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It felt wrong for me to push Lady Luck to the side and for me to choose who ought to be 'lucky'. It didn't seem right. It wasn't fair.

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Tag: gaming gambling tell-all casino lady-luck boom-town mathis

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It's my opinion he don't want to kill you,' said Perea - 'at least not yet. I've heard deir idea is to scar and worry a man wid deir spells, and narrow misses, and rheumatic pains, and bad dreams, and all dat, until he's sick of life. Of course, it's all talk, you know. You mustn't worry about it. But I wunder what he'll be up to next.'

'I shall have to be up to something first,' said Pollock, staring gloomily at the greasy cards that Perea was putting on the table. 'It don't suit my dignity to be followed about, and shot at, and blighted in this way. I wonder if Porroh hokey-pokey upsets your luck at cards.'

He looked at Perea suspiciously.

'Very likely it does,' said Perea warmly, shuffling. 'Dey are wonderful people.'

("Pollock And The Porrah Man")

H.G. Wells

Tag: superstition cards gambling witch-doctor folk-magic

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The greatest risk is not taking any.

Tim Fargo

Tag: success risk chances probability successful gambling reward odds risky successful-living