Quotes About Gambling

Unlike my grandfather or my brother, I've actually been able to make some money at a racetrack.

The point is that it looks like gambling because the language of the game is money.

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

In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and to keep them coming back. The longer they play, the more they lose, and in the end, we get it all.

Horse racing is animated roulette.

When the money is not spent on cars and refrigerators and is instead dropped into a slot machine, it leaves the economy

Gambling drains the economy by taking money away from grocery stores and retail businesses and putting it in the hands of an industry that produces no product

This is an industry that generates addicted gamblers and they are desperate to get money

It is not economic development; it's about taking money out of the consumer economy and shipping it off to Las Vegas

Then they're like addicts; they can't help themselves... They will steal, cheat, embezzle and commit other crimes just to get money to gamble

For every three machines, you lose two jobs out of the surrounding economy because people are dumping their money on gambling

Bankruptcies will be up 18 to 42 percent around racinos areas tracks as people lose their money

Most amusements only mean trying to win another person's money.

If I were a gambling man I would put all my money on there not being anything other than this universe.

You would be surprised how many people are in the market not to make money but for the thrill of it!

In the bad old days there were three easy ways of losing money - racing being the quickest women the pleasantest and farming the most certain.

Tied one on last night. Not feeling great this morning. I was trying to sleep it off, unfortunately, it was on the casino floor.

The only monster here is the gambling monster that has enslaved your mother, and I call him Gamblor!

I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis.

A person who has not made peace with his losses is likely to accept gambles that would be unacceptable to him otherwise.

There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident.

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 honoured by the name of speculation; but which ought to be called Gambling.

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.

Kahn's answer: "Investing is about preserving more than anything. That must be your first thought, not looking for large gains. If you achieve only reasonable returns and suffer minimal losses, you will become a wealthy man and will surpass any gambler friends you may have. This is also a good way to cure your sleeping problems.