aphorisms

[wigglybridge]

nobody ever missed a shot by taking too slow a backstroke.

 

[Bob Jewett]

Shoot hard and sleep in the street.

 

[14-1StraightMan]

Plenty of men in the poor house over shots like that.

 

[sjm]

Even the simplest shot deserves your undivided attention.

 

[berniep]

Take care of Whitey.....and Whitey will take care of you.

 

[krupa]

The graveyard's filled with almost-dead combinations.

 

[pt109]

Dead balls are harder to find than they are to make.
Cicero Murphy

 

[3andstop]

nobody ever missed a shot by taking too slow a backstroke.

Haste makes waste.

 

[14-1StraightMan]

When making a slop shot.......

"I rather be lucky than good"

 

[Ratta]

the better players are always a bit more lucky

 

[Demondrew]

The more I practice, the luckier I get.

 

[14-1StraightMan]

This is more of a saying... When you make a hard shot.

( It went in like it had eyes )

 

[gerard soriano]

Never shoot a shot that's almost dead
(Jim Rempe how to run a rack in straight pool ))

 

[14-1StraightMan]

One of my favorite quotes

"I can watch a player play for an hour. If he misses once. I know that I can beat him."
Luther Lassiter.

 

[measureman]

A player said this after watching another player fire shots in from everywhere
"This guy ain't safe from under the table"

 

[cajunfats]

"I've seen better shots in a Doctor's office." cajunfats

 

[Dave]

I don' think Mark Twain has showed up here yet....

"The game of billiards has destroyed my naturally sweet disposition."