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> [None of us have any control over the deck or the hand we've been dealt. What we do have is total responibility as to how we play the hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-alten/none-of-us-have-any-control-over-the-deck-or-the-hand-we-ve-been/)

[Steve Alten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-alten/)

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## More by Steve Alten

> [None of us have any control over the deck or the hand we've been dealt. What we do have is total responibility as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-alten/none-of-us-have-any-control-over-the-deck-or-the-hand-we-ve-been/)

[Steve Alten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-alten/)

> [“More bloodshed followed, as brother fought brother and religion battled religion in the age-old nonsense of settling whose method of worship was the holiest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-alten/more-bloodshed-followed-as-brother-fought-brother-and-religion/)

[Steve Alten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-alten/)

> [“An older, inebriated Scot who looked like he'd been sitting on his barstool all day looked me up and down, then smelled the air.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-alten/an-older-inebriated-scot-who-looked-like-he-d-been-sitting-on-his/)

[Steve Alten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-alten/)

> [“Sheriff, are you suggestin' the victom was kidnapped?" "I'm only statin' that, at this time, we have no body, only nonvital body parts...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-alten/sheriff-are-you-suggestin-the-victom-was-kidnapped-i-m-only-statin/)

[Steve Alten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-alten/)

> [“...it takes exactly eighteen shots tae polish off a fifth o' a bottle o' Scotch, thus, a game o' golf equates tae eighteen holes...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-alten/it-takes-exactly-eighteen-shots-tae-polish-off-a-fifth-o-a-bottle-o/)

[Steve Alten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-alten/)

> [“That's easy. Any man who cannae keep his balls oot o' the water needs tae get laid. Come on, let's find my sister.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-alten/that-s-easy-any-man-who-cannae-keep-his-balls-oot-o-the-water-needs/)

[Steve Alten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-alten/)

> [“Three lights should be fine." - Zachary "Aye, well if it wis me, I'd want a bloody lighthoose beacon comin' oot o' my arse."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-alten/three-lights-should-be-fine-zachary-aye-well-if-it-wis-me-i-d-want-a/)

[Steve Alten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-alten/)

> [“... Will ye be there for him in his time of need, or do you prefer to take your anger with you to the grave?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-alten/will-ye-be-there-for-him-in-his-time-of-need-or-do-you-prefer-to-take/)

[Steve Alten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-alten/)

> [“For the record, I take no satisfaction in being right. For the record, I pray to God that I'm wrong. I'm not wrong...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-alten/for-the-record-i-take-no-satisfaction-in-being-right-for-the-record-i/)

[Steve Alten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-alten/)

> [“For the starship's inhabitants, time now stands still. For planet Earth, the clock has begun ticking...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-alten/for-the-starship-s-inhabitants-time-now-stands-still-for-planet-earth/)

[Steve Alten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-alten/)

> [Ah, how the seeds of cockiness blossom when soiled in ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-alten/ah-how-the-seeds-of-cockiness-blossom-when-soiled-in-ignorance/)

[Steve Alten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-alten/)

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