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Quotations
One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 14 likes | |
Gamblers and lovers really play to lose. — Lawrence Durrell, 1912-1990, British writer 6 likes | |
Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something. — Wilson Mizner, 1876-1913, American playwright 6 likes | |
War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 5 likes | |
Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 4 likes | |
Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another’s money. Idiots! — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 4 likes | |
Is it really not possible to touch the gaming table without being instantly infected by superstition? — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer 4 likes | |
A decision without an alternative is a desperate gambler’s throw. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 4 likes | |
The roulette table pays nobody except him that keeps it. Nevertheless a passion for gaming is common, though a passion for keeping roulette tables is unknown. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 3 likes | |
“I will succeed!” The word of the gambler, of the great captain, a fatalistic word which loses more men than it saves. | |
Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman | |
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. | |
An Englishman does not joke about such an important matter as a bet. |
Funny Quotes
The horse I bet on was so slow, the jockey kept a diary of the trip. — Henry Youngman, 1906-1998, American comedian 3 likes | |
Las Vegas is the only place I know where money really talks – it says, “Goodbye.” |
Movie Quotes
There's no need to lie. It's like poker. The truth is best. The others still think you're bluffing, so you win. — from the film Breathless (1960) 7 likes | |
What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss? — from the film No Country For Old Men (2007) 2 likes |