276 Quotes About Gambling

Men are probably nearer the essential truth in their superstitions than in their science.

The humblest observer who goes to the mines sees and says that gold-digging is of the character of a lottery; the gold thus obtained is not the same thing with the wages of honest toil. But, practically, he forgets what he has seen, for he has seen only the fact, not the principle, and goes into trade there, that is, buys a ticket in what commonly proves another lottery, where the fact is not so obvious.

'Prop trading' is just a fancy term for banks gambling in the market for their own profit.

Japan is gambling that its policies will result in beneficial, self-sustaining results.

I could have gone for gambling or sex addiction, ... But I went for obesity because of the tremendous impact it has.

Almost all life depends on probabilities.

No horse can go as fast as the money you put on it.

That's the million-dollar question. Why would such a good kid with so much promise do this? We know he had a gambling addiction, but why didn't he seek other options? That has everyone scratching their heads.

Time spent in a casino is time given to death, a foretaste of the hour when one's flesh will be diverted to the purposes of the worm and not of the will.