"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." - Franz Rosenthal, Gambling in Islam (1975)
"Why otherwise would that dignified fellow dressed like a banker be sitting at a machine murmuring; "Talk to me baby, I know you understand my needs." - Roger Fleming
"Gambling is a principle inherent in nature." - Edmund Burke, House of Commons speech (1780)
"If I lose today, I can look forward to winning tomorrow, and if I win today, I can expect to lose tomorrow. A sure thing is no fun." - Chico Marx
"He had the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces." - Mark Twain
"When I played pool I was like a good psychiatrist. I cured 'em of all their daydreams and delusions. - Minnesota Fats
"My advice to the unborn is, don't be born with a gambling instinct unless you have a good sense of probabilities." Jack Dreyfus of Dreyfus Mutual Fund
"I have always wondered if the results of the Versailles Conferences would have been different if Woodrow Wilson had been a poker player." - Clyde Brion Davis
In a bet there is a fool and a thief. - Proverb
"Gambling is a principle inherent in human nature." - Edmund Burke, in a speech before the House Of Commons (1780)
"Casinos and prostitutes have the same thing in common; they are both trying to screw you out of your money and send you home with a smile on you face." - VP Pappy
"Look high, look low, and we see that gamblers actually form the majority of the world's inhabitants." - James Runciman, Side Lights (1893)
"Why otherwise would that dignified fellow dressed like a banker be sitting at a machine murmuring; "Talk to me baby, I know you understand my needs." - Roger Fleming
"Gambling is a principle inherent in nature." - Edmund Burke, House of Commons speech (1780)
"If I lose today, I can look forward to winning tomorrow, and if I win today, I can expect to lose tomorrow. A sure thing is no fun." - Chico Marx
"He had the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces." - Mark Twain
"When I played pool I was like a good psychiatrist. I cured 'em of all their daydreams and delusions. - Minnesota Fats
"My advice to the unborn is, don't be born with a gambling instinct unless you have a good sense of probabilities." Jack Dreyfus of Dreyfus Mutual Fund
"I have always wondered if the results of the Versailles Conferences would have been different if Woodrow Wilson had been a poker player." - Clyde Brion Davis
In a bet there is a fool and a thief. - Proverb
"Gambling is a principle inherent in human nature." - Edmund Burke, in a speech before the House Of Commons (1780)
"Casinos and prostitutes have the same thing in common; they are both trying to screw you out of your money and send you home with a smile on you face." - VP Pappy
"Look high, look low, and we see that gamblers actually form the majority of the world's inhabitants." - James Runciman, Side Lights (1893)
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