Vegas Quotes - Page 8

• Las Vegas was like that. There was a visceral attraction here. The bold promise of money and sex. But the first was a broken promise, a mirage, and the second was fraught with danger, expense, physical and mental risk. It was where the real gambling took place in this town.

  Michael Connelly

  Sex, Real, Gambling

  Michael Connelly (2011). “Michael Connelly - The Harry Bosch Collection (ebook)”, p.922, Hachette UK

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• Our old - fashioned system is better than any new - fangled voting machine. Not only is it guaranteed to work, but there is something I find appealing in putting a mark on a piece of paper for the candidate of your choice, as opposed to pulling a lever as if you were gambling on a slot machine in Las Vegas.

  Jean Chretien

  Gambling, Choices, Voting

  Jean Chretien (2010). “My Years as Prime Minister”, p.287, Vintage Canada

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• They are preserving the sanctity of marriage, so that two gay men who've been together for twenty-five years can't get married, but a guy can still get drunk in Vegas and marry a hooker at the Elvis chapel! The sanctity of marriage is saved!

  Lea DeLaria

  Gay, Men, Years

  "Box Lunch". Comedy album by Lea DeLaria, May 5, 1997.

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• The best thing about Las Vegas is that no one pretends to be responsible for your behavior like they do in the rest of the country. There's no meddling self-righteous liberals or right-wing Christian demagogues telling you that you can't do something fun with your own time and money. If you can afford it, it's yours.

  Drew Carey

  Christian, Country, Fun

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• I saw money change votes.I mean, they just seem unaware of this, that money is something - if they want to see the appearance of corruption, all they had to do was look in Las Vegas last weekend.

  Mark Shields

  Mean, Weekend, Looks

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Las Vegas is perhaps the most color-blind, class-free place in America. As long as your cash or credit line holds out, no one gives a damn about your race, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, address, family lineage, voter registration or even your criminal arrest record. Money is the great leveler.

  Marc Cooper

  Color, Class, America

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• Vegas is purposefully constructed as a self-enclosed and isolated biosphere, sort of what a recreational colony built on the moon might be like.

  Marc Cooper

  Moon, Self, Might

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• I love San Francisco, it's very hard to compete with San Francisco when it comes to availability of product, but one thing you can't replace about Las Vegas or Miami is people are walking in the door and they want to have a good time. They walk in, and this is the start of their good time.

  Michael Mina

  Doors, San Francisco, Availability

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Capitalism is a warrior culture, a hierarchical mode, and Las Vegas is its epitome.

  Hal Rothman

  Warrior, Culture, Epitome

  Hal Rothman, Virgil Hancock (2003). “Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-first Century”, p.322, Psychology Press

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• Las Vegas is the therapeutic ethos of our time run amok, our socio-psychological promise to ourselves to be eternally young writ large on the landscape of aging self-indulgence.

  Hal Rothman

  Running, Self, Ethos

  Hal Rothman (2015). “Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century”, p.12, Routledge

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• No one thinks Las Vegas is real; it is illusion, but visitors willingly suspend disbelief and pretend.

  Hal Rothman

  Real, Thinking, Visitors

  Hal Rothman (2015). “Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century”, p.12, Routledge

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• In Las Vegas, people seem to believe, the prosperity spawned by tourism and gaming can make them whole, financially and spiritually. Las Vegas now melds fun, work, and wealth, showing a path toward the brightest vistas of the post-industrial world. It is the first city of the twenty-first century.

  Hal Rothman

  Fun, Believe, Cities

  Hal Rothman, Mike Davis (2002). “The Grit Beneath the Glitter: Tales from the Real Las Vegas”, p.9, Univ of California Press

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• Las Vegas was and is a hard town that will make you pay for your inability to restrain your desires.... If you have a weakness, Las Vegas will punish you.

  Hal Rothman

  Las Vegas, Desire, Inability

  Hal Rothman (2015). “Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century”, p.25, Routledge

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• In a city of illusion, where change is what the city does, it's no wonder Las Vegas is the court of last resort, the last place to start over, to reinvent yourself in the same way that the city does, time after time. For some it works; for some it doesn't, but they keep coming and trying.

  Hal Rothman

  Las Vegas, Cities, Starting Over

  Hal Rothman (2015). “Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century”, p.142, Routledge

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• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is perfect in the same way that The Great Gatsby is perfect. Take a pencil and read these books, looking for something that doesn't sound right, something you'd want to change. You'll leave the page untouched.

  William McKeen

  Book, Perfect, Fear And Loathing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was just in Las Vegas, where prostitution is legal. Which is a relief because I live in Los Angeles, where it is mandatory.

  Greg Fitzsimmons

  Relief, Los Angeles, Prostitution

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• Foreign policy is a little bit like a guy who goes to Las Vegas. If you win too much, then you eventually bet the mortgage. You start to think you are infallible.

  Peter Beinart

  Winning, Thinking, Guy

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Las Vegas is the boxing capital. During a Floyd Mayweather fight weekend, you can shop, party, stay out late and do anything you want. The city of Las Vegas has everything.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Party, Fighting, Weekend

  "Floyd Mayweather says delays just made fight with Manny Pacquiao bigger" by Kevin Mitchell, www.theguardian.com. April 15, 2015.

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• Las Vegas has become a child's picture-book dream of a city -- here a storybook castle, there a sphinx-flanked black pyramid beaming white light into the darkness as a landing beam for UFOs, and everywhere neon oracles and twisting screens predict happiness and good fortune, announce singers and comedians and magicians in residence or on their way, and the lights always flash and beckon and call.

  Neil Gaiman

  Dream, Children, Book

  Neil Gaiman (2011). “American Gods”, p.187, Hachette UK

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• These days I'm headquartered out of Las Vegas, which is what I consider and the world considers to be the entertainment capital of the globe. It's been interesting because I've seen the rise of Vegas and in recent years I've seen the fall of Vegas. It's now interesting to take a look at it as it begins its bounce back again.

  Robin Leach

  Fall, Years, Interesting

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.

  Don Rickles

  Islands, Melting, Things I Love

  Esquire interview, bondiviewertest.azurewebsites.net.

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• I have added a lot. There's some Vegas stuff and hotel stuff and a whole chunk on health.

  Louie Anderson

  Stuff, Hotel, Whole

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• If you wait too long in Vegas, you end up with a chicken finger in your underwear.

  Chelsea Handler

  Long, Waiting, Underwear

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• Driving to Vegas is awesome... Driving home From Vegas sucks.

  Brody Jenner

  Home, Driving Home, Driving

  Twitter post from Apr 08, 2013

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• Sure, we loaned money to build hotels and casinos in Las Vegas. So what? Las Vegas borrowers were good customers.

  Jimmy Hoffa

  Casinos, Hotel, Borrowers

  "Hoffa The Real Story" by Jimmy Hoffa, (p. 119), 1975.

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