Gambling Quotes - Page 5

• Whoever plays deep must necessarily lose his money or his character.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Character, Play, Loses

  Lord Chesterfield (1998). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.377, Oxford Paperbacks

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• I must complain the cards are ill shuffled till I have a good hand.

  Jonathan Swift

  Hands, Complaining, Cards

  Quoted in Colin Jarman The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).

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• While gambling addiction can be a social justice reason for some to ban gambling, the economic evidence suggests that the social and economic costs of gambling are $3 to the taxpayers for every $1 in benefits

  John Warren Kindt

  Justice, Addiction, Cost

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  Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Strength, Being Strong

  Conduct of Life Worship (pp. 191-2)

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• 27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers

  John Warren Kindt

  Casinos, Problem, Revenue

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• Utah sells itself to Fortune 500 companies as a noncasino state where employers don't have to be concerned about absenteeism and other problems associated with gambling

  John Warren Kindt

  Utah, Problem, States

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• But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.

  Fisher Stevens

  Prayer, Character, Answers

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

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• Yes, prudently invested contributions to the Social Security fund may bring greater dividends, but those contributions would also face a greater risk. It would be like gambling. We should not gamble with the investments and the future of the citizens of this land.

  Daniel Inouye

  Land, Risk, Citizens

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• The President must stop gambling with taxpayers' money and get the country back on the path of fiscal sanity.

  Tom Harkin

  Country, President, Path

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• I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

  Stephen Leacock

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch (2002). “Leacock on Life”, p.91, University of Toronto Press

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• In Louisiana, we don't bet on football games, we bet on whether a politician is going to be indicted or not.

  Mark Duffy

  Football, Games, Louisiana

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• Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.

  Jackie Robinson

  Baseball, Mlb, Games

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• I met with an accident on the way to the track; I arrived safely.

  Joe E. Lewis

  Track, Way, Mets

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• I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Motivational, Success, Business

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• I'm absolutely gonna win it, because I'm ruthless. I sit at the poker table and my job is to destroy people.

  James Woods

  Jobs, Winning, People

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• Hold'em is to stud what chess is to checkers.

  Johnny Moss

  Ems, Chess, Checkers

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• Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

  Roger Ebert

  Movie, Film, Should

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Aces are larger than life and greater than mountains.

  Mike Caro

  Mountain, Larger Than Life, Aces

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• Anybody can win - unless there happens to be a second entry.

  George Ade

  Hilarious, Sarcastic, Laughter

  Fables in Slang (1900) p. 133

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• I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I'm not afraid of falling into my inkpot.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Fall, Risk, Ink

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• The best part about poker is there's no down side.

  Samantha Bee

  Casinos, Sides

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• Curst is the wretch enslaved to such a vice,
  Who ventures life and soul upon the dice.

  Horace

  Soul, Venture, Dice

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• Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Casinos, Quitting, Gamer

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• If I lose today, I can look forward to winning tomorrow, and if I win today, I can expect to lose tomorrow. A sure thing is no fun.

  Leonard Marx

  Fun, Winning, Looks

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• A study in Illinois in the mid-1990s found that 65 percent of businesses were hurt by the proximity of gambling

  John Warren Kindt

  Hurt, Illinois, Study

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