Gambling Quotes - Page 8

• It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.

  Joseph Conrad

  Believe, Good Luck, Men

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• I am now eased in my finances and replenished in my wardrobe.

  Andrew Jackson

  Finance, Wardrobe

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• Gaming corrupts our disposition and teaches us a habit of hostility against all mankind.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Habit, Disposition, Mankind

  Thomas Jefferson (1900). “The Life and Writings of ...”

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• The next best thing to gambling and winning is gambling and losing.

  Nick Dandolos

  Winning, Next, Losing

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• They are the new breed of slot machine-colorful, fancy, exciting, wonderful...and deadly.

  Frank Scoblete

  Machines, Fancy, Wonderful

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• Legalized gambling is the leading cause of bankruptcy

  John Warren Kindt

  Causes, Bankruptcy, Leading Causes

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• The greatest advantage in gambling lies in not playing at all.

  Gerolamo Cardano

  Lying, Advantage

  "Liber de ludo aleae". Book by Gerolamo Cardano, 1560.

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• My luck at the gambling table was varied; sometimes I was fifty to a hundred dollars ahead, and at other times I had to borrow money from my fellow workmen to settle my room rent and pay for my meals.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Luck, Meals, Dollars

  James Weldon Johnson (2012). “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man”, p.67, Courier Corporation

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• It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.

  George Washington

  Brother, Children, Father

  George Washington (1847). “The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution: (v. 3) June, 1775-July, 1776. (v. 4) July, 1776-July] 1777. (v. 5) July, 1777-July, 1778. (v. 6) July, 1778-March, 1780. (v. 7) March, 1780-April, 1781. (v. 8) April, 1781-December, 1783”, p.374

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• Whenever you see a gaming table be sure to know fortune is not there. Rather she is always in the company of industry.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Tables, Fortune, Company

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• 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

  Years, People, Twenties

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

  Charles Spurgeon

  Winning, Men, Inspirational Football

  Spurgeon, Charles H. “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 67: Autobiography Vol. 2”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

  E. B. White

  Life, Good Luck, Men

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• The world is the house of the strong.

  Denis Diderot

  Strong, House, World

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

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• I have to confess that I had gambled on my soul and lost it with heroic insouciance and lightness of touch. The soul is so impalpable, so often useless, and sometimes such a nuisance, that I felt no more emotion on losing it than if, on a stroll, I had mislaid my visiting card.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Soul, Nuisance, Cards

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• Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.

  Pope John XXIII

  Funny, Humorous, Three

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• Man is a gaming animal.

  Charles Lamb

  Animal, Men, Gaming

  Charles Lamb (1835). “Essays of Elia”, p.40

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• The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.

  Damon Runyon

  Funny, Happiness, Success

  More Than Somewhat (1937). This quotation is associated with Runyon, but the Chicago Tribune, 10 May 1936, printed the following: "'The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that is the way to bet,' as Hugh Keough used to say." Keough was a Chicago journalist.

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• I wanted to do an episode about Chuck having a gambling problem. I wanted to portray my addiction on the show. But I think it's a little edgy for Saturday night.

  Fisher Stevens

  Night, Thinking, Addiction

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

  Sophocles

  Fall, Dice, Zeus

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• The world over, give a guy money and it goes to drinking, gambling, and women. When you give a woman money, it goes to feeding, clothing, helping people.

  Peter Buffett

  Drinking, Giving, People

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• I love blackjack. But I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi circle.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Circles, Sitting, Gamble

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• I came to the conclusion long ago that all life is six to five against.

  Damon Runyon

  Life, Long Ago, Religion

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• Almost all life depends on probabilities.

  Voltaire

  Probability, Depends

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• The majority of casino players leave too much to chance when playing in a casino. To put it bluntly, they don't have a clue as to how to play.

  Henry Tamburin

  Player, Majority, Casinos

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