Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charlie Munger

A lot of our respected financial institutions are just casinos in drag.

When you put the casino out there, there's nothing going to happen downtown. Why would it? There's nothing down there. I think that's a mistake long?term for the community.

We had a very snowy early January (2005), and that ended up being very problematic for casinos in the northern tier ...

Neil Harbisson

There's no legal protection for cyborgs. In 2010, I started the Cyborg Foundation to defend our rights. Cyborgs have been kicked out from several places because they are seen as a possible security threat. I've been kicked out from places such as Harrods, Casino Montecarlo, and many supermarkets.

We've always had our casinos on barges. They've always had to be over water. Due to the hurricane, there was a lot of interest to move our casinos on land.

The region is home to the fastest growing casino market.

E. P. Thompson

Las Vegas is mass marketing to a mass audience, ... If they want a small, niche casino that's fine but it's not going to make a lot of money.

Maria Cantwell

Let's embrace productive capitalism, not casino capitalism, by restoring transparency and true competition in the commodities markets.

Seventy percent of the traffic to the hotel casino comes through that area.

Pools, that are used by people as they are meant to be used, are not making them (casinos) any money. We can offer a casino a revenue enhancement.

Full casinos are tourist destinations. They're not just casinos. They're shows, they're shopping, and dining.

If all the ducks are lined in a row, these casinos can open the doors as soon as the conditional license is received.

No one is more eager to get this casino up and running than the Isle of Capri.

Gabe Kaplan

Maybe 10 times a year I'll do a corporate date, but no casinos or no nightclubs or no comedy clubs.

Bill Engvall

As my wife says, I'll never fully retire, but it'll start to slow down. I'll continue to do the local gigs or go to Las Vegas. But I won't be going out to Ohio to play an Indian casino anymore. Those will probably go by the wayside.

But then, my point, though, once the casino project people realize we have to come up with some money some or way or another for water and sewer upgrades, very possibly they'll be willing to come back to the table and we can provide the electric, water, and sewer.

Without question, this county, probably because of the sheer size of some of the facilities, has to be the casino leader in California.

Up to 1,000 patrons were inside the casino when the suspect ran inside with a weapon, so you can imagine the chaotic situation,

There has been a high level of interest by the casinos that's only going to intensify after today.

We're trying to create a more upscale environment than exists in Las Vegas today. The casino won't just be a normal casino.

There are a variety of operating restrictions that have been imposed on the operation of the casino resort itself . . . the market size is unknown.

We have a very serious situation facing the future of our casino industry,

The problem that all of us are trying to figure out is: When did out-of-state casinos become more important than in-state small businesses? We tried to persuade the Senate, and we tried to persuade the House. . . . We are now going to try to persuade the governor.

You have obvious valuation discrepancies between the two for a start. You have also got a slight issue that the number of London casinos could come under scrutiny from the Competition Commission.

We have to be competitive to stay alive. The casinos can give food, rooms and drinks away, but we can't. Now, you can only smoke at the casinos ? this is going to be devastating to business.

If the studies that are supposed to be done are done, then there will never be a casino in this community because it will never make sense.

If the casinos don't re-prime the pump, then the pump's not going to get re-primed. There is nothing else down here that could do it.

He never told the police that he was essentially running the club as a gambling casino -- illegally.

The only way most people can play poker right now is either online or in a cushy casino where you sit in comfortable chairs and people fetch drinks for you. We want to put poker players in intense conditions to see how they perform.

We reached out to other casinos on the Strip, but everyone was filled. Our main effort was to make our guests as comfortable as they could be until the situation was resolved.

I would be able to drive to a casino instead of paying to ride a bus. I could come and go when I wanted to.

We're opening the entire casino in order to deliver the quality experience that Harrah's guests expect.

Berenice Marlohe

I really enjoyed 'Casino Royale' because suddenly something changed with this modernity and with Daniel bringing life to James Bond in a very new way.