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Quotes About Gamble

Kyle still had a shot. A long shot, but, hey, sometimes the
~ Chris Grabenstein
I hit big or I miss big.
~ George Herman
hope is by nature an expensive commodity, and those who are risking their all on one cast find out what it means only when they are already ruined;
~ Thucydides
For a change, Lady Luck seemed to be smiling on me. Then again, maybe the fickle wench was just lulling me into a false sense of security while she reached for a rock.
~ Timothy Zahn
Remember: no hand is a winning hand 'til you dare to lay it down. - Wild Card
~ Tom Robbins
he couldn't see the wisdom of it from the point of view of anyone who wanted to live. He self-corrected his thoughts – anyone who was desperate to live. He wanted to live, of course he did, but at this precise moment he was happy enough to gamble his life for a bit of certainty. He had a lot to lose, but it was all in the future, not the present, and that potential loss wasn't tangible enough to trouble him; he'd already lost too much that was real.
~ Kevin Wignall
Most thing worth doing come with their fair share of risks
~ Kirsten Beyer
That's when I tossed a coin. If it came up heads, I'd take on Sakamochi and... If the coin came up tails, I decided I'd take part in the game.
~ Koushin Takumi
Take a risk, take a prize.
~ Carrie Fisher
Every battle is a gamble, Snow. The man who does nothing also takes a risk.
~ George R.R. Martin
Not all risks lead to ruin.
~ George R.R. Martin
Poetry is a mug's game.
~ T. S. Eliot
There's no such thing as a sure thing. That's why they call it gambling.
~ Neil Simon
Diane von Furstenberg
~ Life is a risk.
Everything is sweetened by risk.
~ Alexander Smith
To play it safe is not to play.
~ Robert Altman
If the risk-reward ratio is right, you can make big money buying trouble.
~ Anonymous
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
~ Anonymous
Do you . . ." "Do I steal, cheat, and smuggle now?" He turned and touched a hand to her face. "Oh, you'd hate that, wouldn't you? I almost wish I could say yes, then give it all up for you. I learned a long time ago that there are gambles more exciting for their legitimacy. And winning is so much more satisfying when you've dealt from the top of the deck.
~ J.D. Robb
There was the betting pool with life insurance. I bet so much a month that I'll live till I die
~ J.D. Robb
Got to take a gamble. The only way to find out is to find out.
~ Jack London
The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.
~ Elias Canetti
Were it good To set the exact wealth of all our states All at one cast? to set so rich a main On the nice hazard of one doubtful hour? It were not good.
~ William Shakespeare
Luck often comes to those who are brave.
~ Kateryna Kei, Raven Boy