If Kenny Rogers Was My Uncle
April 13th, 2004
There’s four wonderful pieces of wisdom that my Uncle Kenny Rogers always says to me at family gatherings, Fourth of July picnics and when he showed up at my college graduation. They were:
“Paul, you’ve got to know when to hold ‘em,
know when to fold ‘em,
know when to walk away,
and know when to run…”
There’s two not-so-wonderful pieces of wisdom that my Uncle Kenny Rogers likes to spout after he’s finished the bourbon, had a full punch bowl of spiked Egg Nog and polished off the olive juice in the fridge. They are:
“Paul, you never count your money
when you’re sitting at the table,
there’ll be time enough to count ‘em,
when the dealings done.”
