Sunday, October 29, 2023

Never expect a sure thing - thoughts by Howard Marks and Damon Runyon

 


“I tell my father’s story of the gambler who one day hears about a race with only one horse in it, so he bet the rent money. Halfway around the track the horse jumped over the fence and ran away” 

-Howard Marks

One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to come up to you and show you a nice brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken, and this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the Jack of Spades jump out of the deck and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not bet this man, for as sure as you are standing there, you are going to end up with an earful of cider.

-Damon Runyon 

There is no such thing as a sure bet. Plan accordingly. 

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