--- title: "1 Bets Quotes By Steve Allen" description: "1 Bets quotes by Steve Allen. Plus more from Steve Allen and more Bets sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/steve-allen-10768_bets_i-used-to-be-a-heavy-gambler-but-now-i-j_1576302.jpg" --- > [I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. That's how I lost my mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/i-used-to-be-a-heavy-gambler-but-now-i-just-make-mental-bets-that-s/) [Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/steve-allen-10768_bets_i-used-to-be-a-heavy-gambler-but-now-i-j_1576302.jpg) ## More by Steve Allen > [Consider the wave of revulsion that floods the average person when he or she hears of the practice of human sacrifice by the Aztecs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/consider-the-wave-of-revulsion-that-floods-the-average-person-when-he/) [Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/) > [In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/in-a-rational-society-we-would-want-our-presidents-to-be-teachers-in/) [Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/) > [Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/totalitarianism-is-patriotism-institutionalized/) [Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/) > [Just as with cars, it's critical to know the fuel efficiency of black holes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/just-as-with-cars-it-s-critical-to-know-the-fuel-efficiency-of-black/) [Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/) > [The fundamentalist believer is mostly a weird intellectual who often lacks real faith altogether. As a self-appointed attorney for God, who is in no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/the-fundamentalist-believer-is-mostly-a-weird-intellectual-who-often/) [Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/) > [There is not the slightest question but that the God of the Old Testament is a jealous, vengeful God, inflicting not only on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/there-is-not-the-slightest-question-but-that-the-god-of-the-old/) [Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/) > [I personally find it difficult to accept that there could be anyone on earth insensitive to the comic abilities of Laurel and Hardy, Sid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/i-personally-find-it-difficult-to-accept-that-there-could-be-anyone/) [Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/) > [Everybody is somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/everybody-is-somewhere/) [Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/) > [The Bible is unfortunately unclear on a long list of moral and social questions and sex is one of them. On the one hand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/the-bible-is-unfortunately-unclear-on-a-long-list-of-moral-and-social/) [Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/) > [Pretend you're a southern sheriff. Or Mae West. Or Donald Duck. Buy a western hat and walk around the house like a cowboy. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/pretend-you-re-a-southern-sheriff-or-mae-west-or-donald-duck-buy-a/) [Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/) > [In those of us who have the mysterious ability to amuse others, it is usually the case that even before we were aware of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/in-those-of-us-who-have-the-mysterious-ability-to-amuse-others-it-is/) [Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/) > [We must never forget that both good and evil flow from the Bible. It is therefore not above criticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/we-must-never-forget-that-both-good-and-evil-flow-from-the-bible-it/) [Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/) > [Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as flying animals, that nevertheless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/impartial-observers-from-other-planets-would-consider-ours-an-utterly/) [Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/) > [I was in sixth grade the first time I was required to speak in front of an audience. I had terrible stage fright and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/i-was-in-sixth-grade-the-first-time-i-was-required-to-speak-in-front/) [Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/) > [I do not understand those who take little or no interest in the subject of religion. If religion embodies a truth, it is certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/i-do-not-understand-those-who-take-little-or-no-interest-in-the/) [Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bets/steve-allen/#itemlist", "name": "1 Bets Quotes By Steve Allen", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. 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