I lay 11-10 because I know the bookie needs that 5 percent that I give him. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to… — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
I am sorry I have not learnt to play at cards. It is very useful in life: it generates kindness, and consolidates… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Most players unfortunately go to the casinos with an attitude that makes it even easier for casinos to psyche them into losing.… — Henry Tamburin Copy Share Image
Terre Haute. They used to call it 'Terrible Hut' because it was so wide open. Gambling, red light district, speak-easies. I entertained… — Scatman Crothers Copy Share Image
The essence of the phenomenon of gambling is decision making. The act of making a decision consists of selecting one course of… — Richard Arnold Epstein Copy Share Image
“Who’s to say that gamblers don’t really understand it better than anyone else? Isn’t everything worthwhile a gamble? Can’t good come around… — Tartt Donna Copy Share Image
“After all, as Franco would dictate, everyone was going to lose their money at some point. You may as well do so… — Christopher Byford Copy Share Image
“The study of the form is the betting man's philology, philosophy, science, and literary criticism all rolled into one.” — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
An assembly of the states, a court of justice, shows nothing so serious and grave as a table of gamesters playing very… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
With Jane Birkin, we had a scene from a film called Jane B. by Agnès V. - a portrait I made in… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
The humblest observer who goes to the mines sees and says that gold-digging is of the character of a lottery; the gold… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Above all, he liked it that everything was one's own fault. There was only oneself to praise or blame. Luck was a… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
In the future you're going to be able to go into a 7-Eleven and buy a ticket on a game, and people… — Tim Donaghy Copy Share Image
“I hope you know that television and computers are no more your friends, and no more increasers of your brainpower, than slot… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It is far best for the Christian never to see some things, so he will never want them. The old-fashioned Christian who… — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
“On a strange and devious way, Siddhartha had gotten into this final and most base of all dependencies, by means of the… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Gossip is an unavoidable evil at school, work, or wherever, but when the HR department gossips, it elevates into malice.” — John-Talmage Mathis Copy Share Image
Generally, a betting system for which each wager depends only on present resources and present probability of success is known as a… — Richard Arnold Epstein Copy Share Image
Footballers are an easy target. They are offered big lines of credit. Every sport is vulnerable; its such a big gambling industry,… — Gordon Taylor Copy Share Image
If you bet on a horse, that's gambling. If you bet you can make three spades, that's entertainment. If you bet cotton… — Blackie Sherrod Copy Share Image
“people gamble to lose money. They come to the casinos for the moment in which they feel alive, to ride the spinning… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing and generally where it is least expected we receive, more… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I've seen many lives destroyed. I've seen more people have problems with gambling than I have with drugs and alcohol. And there… — Michael Franzese Copy Share Image
The faster the gambling activity, the more highly addictive it is; and the more addictive the gambling activity is, the more revenue… — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
I'm not a big gambler anymore. I like to do it. I enjoy it instead of trying to make money off of… — John Daly Copy Share Image
But the gambling reasoner is incorrigible: if he would but take to squaring the circle, what a load of misery would be… — Augustus De Morgan Copy Share Image
The majority of casino players leave too much to chance when playing in a casino. To put it bluntly, they don't have… — Henry Tamburin Copy Share Image
I think that gambling is a synthetic experience and that if you have any balls you gamble with your life. I have.… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
When we did 'Back In The Game' on the Wu-Tang 'Iron Flag' album, I did a verse about gambling. I didn't want… — Gza Copy Share Image
We shall one day learn to supersede politics by education. What we call our root-and-branch reforms of slavery, war, gambling, intemperance, is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is always a vulgar and often an unhealthy pastime, and it is a vice which does not go alone; the man… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
People go to casinos for the same reason they go on blind dates - hoping to hit the jackpot. But mostly, you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Baby Boomers will have different gambling habits than other seniors because they have more disposable income and are more comfortable with gambling… — Ryan Ross Copy Share Image
Play not for gain, but sport. Who plays for more Than he can lose with pleasure, stakes his heart; Perhaps his wife's… — George Herbert Copy Share Image
I've always played cards. I can't remember when there wasn't a gambling game going on somewhere, even if it was a craps… — Wilford Brimley Copy Share Image
If a magician makes a mistake, it's sometimes forgiven by the audience. If a gambling cheat makes a mistake, they will almost… — Steve Truglia Copy Share Image
Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I am not one of the people who believe that the main reason why a chap becomes a bookmaker is because he… — Noel Whitcomb Copy Share Image
I spoke to the Sporting Chance clinic and I was seeing a guy in London every one or two weeks for an… — Kyle Lafferty Copy Share Image
I'm the leader of the platoon and I run gambling and lotteries, dances and I sell beer illegally. I'm a con man… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
