Gambler Quotes

“A voracious gambler does not gamble until he wins, but until he loses everything, and a smart one knows when to quit.”

“I wonder what inspires gamblers. Is it the adventure or the love of laziness?”

“The concept of disease is fast replacing the concept of responsibility. With increasing zeal Americans use and interpret the assertion "I am sick" as equivalent to the assertion "I am not responsible": Smokers say they are not responsible for smoking, drinkers that they are not responsible for drinking, gamblers that they are not responsible for gambling, and mothers who murder their infants that they are not responsible for killing. To prove their point — and to capitalize on their self-destructive and destructive behavior — smokers, drinkers, gamblers, and insanity acquitees are suing tobacco companies, liquor companies, gambling casinos, and physicians.”

“Time is an avid gambler who has no need to cheat to win every time.”

“This poor gambler isn’t even a noun. He is kind of an adverb.”

“It was a gambler's action, but his whole life had probably been made up of gambles; it could hardly be otherwise in the outback.”

“Gamblers take blind risks. Entrepreneurs take risks while visually impaired and feel their way up and out.”

“It's not a career for anyone who needs or values security. It's a career for gamblers. Every time you write a book you roll the dice again.”

“Or perhaps it is because it is so NECESSARY for you to win. It is like a drowning man catching at a straw. You yourself will agree that, unless he were drowning he would not mistake a straw for the trunk of a tree.”