Quotes and Sayings about Gambling

The world is the board, Heiress. We just have to keep rolling the dice.

When the odds are bad, you change the rules.

I found that any game can be made interesting if you put some money on it.

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.

No. Well, yes - experience.

I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.

There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and being Smart.

I like to play blackjack. I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi-circle.

Oh, it's not really gambling when you never lose.

Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly.

I used to gamble when I was young. I'm wiser now.

It doesn't matter if you win or loose, it's whether or not you beat the spread.

People go to casinos for the same reason they go on blind dates, hoping to hit the jackpot. But, mostly, you just wind up broke or alone in a bar. If we know the house always wins, why gamble?

I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what it's meant to be, which is fun and entertaining.

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.
When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.
I wrote down "happy". They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.

That's the best revenge of all: happiness. Nothing drives people crazier than seeing someone have a good f*cking life.

The happiest people don't worry too much about whether life is fair ot not, they just get on with it.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking: How did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue. And maybe we can actually never have it, no matter what. How did he know that?

"But don't you think," I persist, "that it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?"

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.

Addiction is a really hard thing to kick.

Addiction is a hugely complex and destructive disease, and its impact can be simply devastating. All too often, lives and families can be shattered by it.

I can't stress how much my daughter is an inspiration to stay sober. When I come home and she opens those big blue eyes at me, it's the most amazing feeling I could ever feel.

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.

You are:
My sugar rush
My cocaine bliss
My illegal high
My perfect kiss
You're an addiction that I always fail to resist.

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

There are no coincidences, Delia... only the illusion of coincidence.

'Destiny, chance, fate, fortune -they're all just ways of claiming your success without claiming your failures.'
- Gerrard of the Weatherlight

Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.

Let the seat back, I'm leanin' all in the Rover
Make a lot of chips, life is a game of poker

"You should have played online poker."
"I don't know how to play. I would have ended up losing my grandma's house."

Smiles and laughter are always good, but never forget your Poker Face!

It's not the bad memories that tear a person apart. It's the good ones.

The trick to being abandoned was to never let yourself long for anyone who left.

Most people built walls to protect themselves. Dean did it to protect everyone else.

Phillip Banks: "Geoffrey, bring me my tools."
Geoffrey: "Do you mean your knife and fork, sir?"

Carlton: "Within an hour, I'll have a gorgeous date and a great Halloween costume."
Will: "You better buy the mask first!"

The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.

Well you can't never let anything happen to him. Then nothing would ever happen to him!

In the end, racing is about leaving work first.

We stole the Statue of Liberty! The small one, from Las Vegas. I won't even mention the Eiffel Tower - also Vegas.

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.

True love brings up everything - you're allowing a mirror to be held up to you daily.