Gambling Quotes · Page 16

I'm not really a betting person. I work too hard for my money to give it away.

— Boo Weekley

Cinema is gambling. It is better to gamble on a unique film even if it seems like suicide.

— Thomas Langmann

Lotteries boost state revenues in the short run but don't feed the economy in the long run

— John Warren Kindt

Gamblers spend 10 percent less on food; 25 percent less on clothing and 35 percent less on savings

— John Warren Kindt

You got me confused with them stupid broads, shooting dice in the streets taught me how to play the odds.

— Kreayshawn

My idea of gambling was walking through Central Park, whistling show tunes.

— Tommy Tune

In Louisiana, we don't bet on football games, we bet on whether a politician is going to be indicted or not.

— Mark Duffy

I met with an accident on the way to the track; I arrived safely.

— Joe E. Lewis

For every dollar of revenue generated by gambling, taxpayers must pay at least $3 in increased criminal justice costs, social welfare expenses,…

— John Warren Kindt

“Yes, I can understand that a man might go to gambling table - when he sees that all that lies between himself…

— Honore de Balzac

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is…

— William Cobbett

I wanted Raging Bull. I wanted Casino. I got Rocky and Bullwinkle. But that's OK, because I still get to tell people…

— Rene Russo

In fact, a University of Connecticut study showed that as many as three in four pre-teens and teens who are exposed to…

— Spencer Bachus

Gambling is not a vice, it is an expression of our humanness. We gamble. Some do it at the gaming table, some…

— Jeanette Winterson

With the development of the web everything is instantaneous. Everything is about how quick you can get it. So with online gambling…

— Brad Furman

Gambling has held human beings in thrall for millennia. It has been engaged in everywhere, from the dregs of society to the…

— Peter L. Bernstein

And it´s so different for a lot of people I´ve known. One partner doesn´t love the other enough to stop drinking, or…

— Alma Katsu

“Betting!" he gargled. "Betting! You don't mean that they're betting on this holy, sacred - Oh, I say, dash it all! Haven't…

— P.G. Wodehouse

Love is a gamble. There is a fifty, fifty chance the odds are on your side or not. With gambling, chances are…

— Vou Xiong

Drugs, gambling, and prostitution are the Big Three underground 'moneymakers' in consensual crime. There would be, however, significant boosts to the economy…

— Peter McWilliams

I think if the FA is truly serious about tackling the culture of gambling in football, it needs to look at its…

— Joey Barton

Forests and meat animals compete for the same land. The prodigious appetite of the affluent nations for meat means that agribusiness can…

— Peter Singer

“The Strip was still lit by a million neon lights, though the crowds on the sidewalk had greatly decreased by this hour.…

— Michael Connelly

I knew a guy who had $5 million and owned his house free and clear. But he wanted to make a bit…

— Charlie Munger

In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an…

— Steven Wright

One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers

— John Warren Kindt

A Gentleman is a man who will pay his gambling debts even when he knows he has been cheated.

— Leo Tolstoy

You're gambling with something vital. Most writers get smashed egos.

— Norman Mailer

“A true champion of love and sport wears it proudly in all aspects of life.”

— Jennifer Ott

Casino games such as roulette, blackjack, baccarat, slot machines and so on, are stacked in favour of the house.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

You get your cards, place your bets, and play the best game you can. The House always wins.

— Rock Cowles

In gambling, you usually start to go wrong when you deviate from your pregame strategy.

— James Holzhauer

I admit to spending a fortune on women, booze and gambling... the rest I spend foolishly.

— Chic Murray

In most betting shops you will see three windows marked 'Bet Here', but only one window with the legend 'Pay Out'.

— Jeffrey Bernard

“Gambling rules doesn't work in nuclear war - everyone become looser.”

— Amit Ray

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.

— Henry Ward Beecher

I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.

— Pete Rose

The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win

— Anonymous

Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly.

— George Raft

I don't like to gamble, but if there's one thing I'm willing to bet on, it's myself.

— Beyonce Knowles