Ambrose
Bierce: |
"The
gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon
the business known as gambling."
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William
Cobbett: |
"Another
great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or
rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the
destructive thing which has been honored by the name of
"speculation"; but which ought to be called
Gambling."
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Thomas
R. Dewar: |
"No
wife can endure a gambling husband; unless he is a steady
winner."
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George
Raft: |
"Part
of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part
on women. The rest I spent foolishly."
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Gloria
Steinem: |
"Someone
asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave
the commonsensical reply that we don't have as much money.
That was a true and incomplete answer. In fact, women's total
instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage."
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Heywood
Broun: |
"The
urge to gamble is so universal, and its practice so
pleasurable that I assume it must be evil."
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Damon
Runyon: |
"The
race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong
-- but that's the way to bet it."
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W.C. Fields
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"Horse
sense is a good judgment which keeps horses from betting on
people."
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Publius Syrus:
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"The
better the gambler, the worse the man."
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Bud Flanagan:
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"No dog
can go as fast as the money you bet on him."
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Will Rogers
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"You know
horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a
horse going broke betting on people."
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VP Pappy: |
"Casinos
and prostitutes have the same thing in common; they are both
trying to screw you out of your money and send you home with a
smile on you face."
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Nick Dandalos: |
"The house
doesn't beat the player. It just gives him the
opportunity to beat himself."
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Jack Yelton: |
"There is
a very easy way to return from a casino with a small fortune:
go there with a large one."
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Kin Hubbard: |
"The
safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and
put it in your pocket."
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VP Pappy: |
"If you
ain't just a little scared when you enter a casino, you are
either very rich or you haven't studied the games
enough."
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Paul
Newman |
"Money won
is twice as sweet as money earned." |
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