Gambling Quote by Al Alvarez

I've always had a love of cards, ever since I was a little kid. I think poker, as a system, describes the chaos of…

— Colson Whitehead

I knew that a zombie book would not particularly appeal to some of my previous readers, but it was artistically compelling, and being able…

— Colson Whitehead

Before I found out what poker really was I had this picture in my mind of men smoking cigars and having all these chips…

— Maria Konnikova

Poker is a game where you don't have to have the best hand to win. Poker is really reading other people and reading human…

— Charlie Ergen

Poker is really about reading people. What happens when you bluff? What does it look like when the other guy bluffs? Does he look…

— Phil Hellmuth

I used to sports gamble a lot and I was getting killed on that but then I found poker and really enjoyed it. But…

— Chris Moneymaker

This was my first lesson about gambling: if you see somebody winning all the time, he isn't gambling, he's cheating. Later on in life,…

— Malcolm X

“Mum,” said Christopher. “It’s a demon. I don’t think a poker will hurt it.” “It will where I’m going to put it,” said Mrs.…

— John Connolly

I'm not a poker player; I play slot machines.

— Lemmy

Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.

— Samantha Bee

I never really gambled - certainly not playing poker. I'd casually bet on a football game or joined a pool.

— Jason Gedrick

I don't like uncertainty. I don't play poker. I don't like bluffing.

— Joss Whedon