Quotes about gambling
gambling
Without gambling, I would not exist. Hunter S. Thompson
gambling gone impact obesity sex tremendous
I could have gone for gambling or sex addiction, ... But I went for obesity because of the tremendous impact it has. Nora Volkow
gambling damnation weakness
...in his gambling, he had one besetting weakness -- faith in a system; and this made his damnation certain. Jack London
gambling three calling
There are three way of courting ruin -- women, gambling, and calling in technicians. Georges Pompidou
gambling risk pressure
The outside wold pressures you into a mold, but if you don't accept that - you gamble with life. Call it gambling. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
gambling drug would-be
Drugs, gambling, and prostitution are the Big Three underground 'moneymakers' in consensual crime. There would be, however, significant boosts to the economy if the stigma attached to the other consensual crimes were eliminated through legalization. Peter McWilliams
gambling hamburgers agribusiness
We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet- for the sake of hamburgers Peter Singer
gambling alcohol online
Just as outlawing alcohol did not work in the 1920s, current attempts to prohibit online gambling will not work, either. John Conyers
gambling use ifs
No use gambling if you can't lose your head once in a while.
gambling decay tables
The familiarities of the gaming-table contribute very much to the decay of politeness ... The pouts and quarrels that naturally arise from disputes must put an end to all complaisance, or even good will towards one another. Mary Wortley Montagu
gambling insanity risk
This was the first time he had seriously confronted what he was doing, and the force of that awareness came very abruptly - with a surging of his pulse and a frantic pounding in his head. He was about to gamble his life on that table, and the insanity of that risk filled him with a kind of awe. Paul Auster
gambling superstitions paranoid
All gamblers are paranoid, though they call it superstition. Mario Puzo
gambling six dice
One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six. Navjot Singh Sidhu
gambling tables fortune
Whenever you see a gaming table be sure to know fortune is not there. Rather she is always in the company of industry. Oliver Goldsmith
gambling long whiskey
It was a place of sin, loose women, whiskey and gambling. It was no place for a good Presbyterian, and I did not long remain one. Mark Twain
gambling instinct satisfied
Women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage Gloria Steinem
gambling fancy profit
'Prop trading' is just a fancy term for banks gambling in the market for their own profit. Matt Taibbi
gambling people alcohol
I've seen many lives destroyed. I've seen more people have problems with gambling than I have with drugs and alcohol. And there are some serious consequences if you get in over your head. Michael Franzese
gambling betting
Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet. Michael Jordan
gambling people drug
Crime is based upon need, making money. People sell drugs to make money. But if everybody is cared for, they don't sell drugs and if there's no money you can't sell drugs even if you wanted to. There'd be no such thing as gambling, prostitution, or selling out, or paying off a senator or a governor. There are no senators, there are no governors so you can't pay them off. If you take away the basis or the condition that generate abhorrent behavior, you don't have abhorrent behavior. Jacque Fresco
gambling habit disposition
Gaming corrupts our disposition and teaches us a habit of hostility against all mankind. Thomas Jefferson
gambling risk tickets
A lottery is a salutary instrument and a tax... laid on the willing only, that is to say, on those who can risk the price of a ticket without sensible injury, for the possibility of a higher prize.
gambling three teens
In fact, a University of Connecticut study showed that as many as three in four pre-teens and teens who are exposed to Internet gambling become addicted. Spencer Bachus
gambling friendly machines
It's completely idiot proof." I told them they've got it all wrong. I want a machine that is "idiot friendly. William Weld
gambling heaven four
She got to go to heaven four days early. William J. Clinton
gambling devil
The Devil invented gambling. Saint Augustine
gambling desire profit
All gaming, since it implies a desire to profit at the expense of another, involves a breach of the tenth commandment. Richard Whately
gambling flesh casinos
Time spent in a casino is time given to death, a foretaste of the hour when one's flesh will be diverted to the purposes of the worm and not of the will. Rebecca West
gambling beats
Beat him, eat him and get out. Richard Price
gambling cards casinos
Sometimes a 3-1 favorite loses. That's why they call it gambling, and that's why they keep flipping over the cards. Richard Roeper
gambling probability depends
Almost all life depends on probabilities. Voltaire
gambling barbarians disease
Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized. William Ralph Inge
gambling way
Gambling: A sure way to get nothing from something. Wilson Mizner