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BRIDGE QUOTES
It's not enough to win the tricks that belong to you. Try also for some
that belong to the opponents.
Alfred Sheinwold
The real test of a b ridge player isn't in keeping out of trouble, but in
escaping once he's in.
Alfred Sheinwold
The trouble with women is that they treat bridge as a game. They do not
realize it is a war.
If you have the slightest touch of masochism you'll love this game.
We believe that contract is particularly attractive to people with a scrappy
disposition.
Frank Perkins
It's not the skill that drops off with age, it's the drive, the killer
instinct..and when a man isn't primed to kill he makes mistakes.
Bridge is a great comfort in your old age. It also helps you get there
faster.
One gets used to abuse. It's waiting for it that is so trying.
Rueful Rabbit
Since the average person's small supply of politeness must last him all his
life, he can't afford to waste it on bridge partners.
Alfred Sheinwold
Bridge is essentially a social game, but unfortunately it attracts a
substantial number of antisocial people.
Alan Truscott
One advantage of bad bidding is that you get practice at playing atrocious
contracts.
Alfred Sheinwold
Where's the hand you held during the auction?
A comment Jan Janitschke has made when dummy hits.
South: Alert!
East: Yes?
South: I'm requested to further misdescribe my hand.
It is not the handling of difficult hands that makes the winning player.
There aren't enough of them. It is the ability to avoid messing up the easy
ones.
S J Simon
Most bridge players prefer consistency in their partners rather than
brilliance.
Matthew Granovetter
The sum of all technical knowledge cannot make a master contract player.
Ely Culbertson
A knowledge of the mechanics will suffice to put a player in a commanding
position in the post-mortem. To become a member of the upper crust calls
for
more, much more. Resilience, imagination, occasional flashes of
inspiration,
these are the hallmarks of quality. And this transcends the realm of
science.
Victor Mollo
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
Card sense is when it's technically right to do something, the little man
that sits on my shoulder or anyone else's shoulder says, "Don't do that."
And
you say to yourself, "Well, wait a minute, that's the right way to play."
And he says, "Yeah, but you don't wanna play that way." That instinct is card
sense. It's almost an ability to feel where the cards are. It's something
that you can't buy, you can't find; you're born with. The ability to do the
right thing at the wrong time or really to do the wrong thing at the right time.
Barry Crane
I'm not sure whether glory or masterpoints is first on the list, but I know
learning to play better is definitely last.
Eddie Kantar
I'd like a review of the bidding with all the original inflections.
The average defender operates in a fog of uncertainty.
H. W. Kelsey
Regardless of what sadistic impulses we may harbor, winning bridge means
helping partner avoid mistakes.
Frank Stewart
A player who can't defend accurately should try to be declarer.
Alfred Sheinwold
The real secret of the expert is to make logic seem like flair.
Hugh Kelsey
If you play bridge with your wife as partner, you need at least 20 points to
open, and it wouldn't hurt to have 25.
Joe James
Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make them
all yourself.
Alfred Sheinwold
I favor light opening bids. When you're my age, you're never sure they're
going to get back to you in time.
Oswald Jacoby at 77
Years ago there were only two acceptable excuses for not leading the suit
your partner had opened; having no cards in the suit, and sudden death.
Alfred Sheinwold
I think we're all a little masochistic. Otherwise, why would we continue to
play bridge?
We had a partnership misunderstanding. My partner assumed I knew what I was
doing.
My partner is 20 years behind the times. Nowadays you pay your money to
bid.
My partner still thinks you need cards.
Your play was much better tonight, and so were your excuses.
We play forcing hesitations.
A fellow had made a b ad bid and gone for 1400. "I'm sorry," he said to his
partner, "I had a card misplaced." Asked his partner innocently, "Only one
card?"
Charles Goren
If I did everything right, I wouldn't be playing with you!
When I take a 50-50 chance I expect it to come off 8 or 9 times out of 10.
Hideous Hog
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