The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong that the bumblebee can fly that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent.
More Quotes from David Mamet:
Oh, you know what I got a better idea.David Mamet
I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.
David Mamet
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
David Mamet
The popularity of disaster movies expresses a collective perception of a world threatened by irresistible and unforeseen forces which nevertheless are thwarted at the last moment. Their thinly veiled symbolic meaning might be translated thus We are innocent of wrongdoing. We are attacked by unforeseeable forces come to harm us. We are, thus, innocent even of negligence. Though those forces are insuperable, chance will come to our aid and we shall emerge victorious.
David Mamet
The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.
David Mamet
People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.
David Mamet
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Academic Quotes, Heaven Quotes, Mastery & Expertise Quotes, Sense & Perception QuotesBased on Keywords: bumblebee, poker
Religion as a human phenomenon is as riddled through with potential for both good and evil as any other phenomenon.
Richard John Neuhaus
I can't confirm any rumors. I'm happy doing what I'm doing. I have no interest in going back to coaching.
Jimmy Johnson
When I exhale, I just turn right into Louie Anderson.
Ryan Reynolds