Quotes on gambling
The house doesn't beat the player. It just gives him the opportunity to beat himself.
Dandalos, Nick
I met with an accident on the way to the track; I arrived safely.
Lewis, Joe E.
In the case of an earthquake hitting Las Vegas, be sure to go straight to the Keno Lounge. Nothing ever gets hit there.
Unknown, Author
Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.
Lamb, Charles
Games of chance are traps to catch school boy novies and gaping country squires, who begin with a guinea and end with a mortgage.
Unknown, Author
I bet on a horse at ten-to-one. It didn't come in until half-past five.
Youngman, Henny
A race track is a place where windows clean people.
Thomas, Danny
A racehorse is an animal that can take several thousand people for a ride at the same time.
Unknown, Author
Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the common-sensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.
Steinem, Gloria
Luck never gives; it only lends.
Proverb, Swedish
The subject of gambling is all encompassing. It combines man's natural play instinct with his desire to know about his fate and his future.
Rosenthal, Franz
Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.
Shay, R.E.
You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it.
Einstein, Albert
The typical gambler might not really understand the probabilistic nuances of the wheel or the dice, but such things seem a bit more tractable than, say, trying to raise a child in this lunatic society of ours.
Reber, Arthur S.
Dear Lord, help me to break even. I need the money.
Unknown, Author