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“Maybe the difference between first marriage and second marriage is that the second time at least you know you are gambling.”
“If your brother can't 'old 'is own against a bunch of orphans, 'e'd best leave off playing 'azard altogether!”
“There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do.”
“The Strip was still lit by a million neon lights, though the crowds on the sidewalk had greatly decreased by this hour. Still, Bosch was awed by the spectacle of light. In every imaginable color an...”
“You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it time, it's time that rules, time is our gambling partner on the other side of the table and it holds all the cards of...”
“You should not have kissed me," she replied breathlessly."I do a lot of things I shouldn't. It does not mean I won't do them again.”
“The USPS is the only place in the world where you will find a black guy, a white guy, and a hispanic guy playing Filipino poker! And we love it that way!”
“Another mistaken notion connected with the law of large numbers is the idea that an event is more or less likely to occur because it has or has not happened recently. The idea that the odds of an e...”
“Never bring a lot of money to where a poor man lives. He can only lose what little he has. On the other hand it is mathematically possible that he might win whatever you bring with you. What you mu...”
“Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly.”
“Part of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part on women. The rest I spent foolishly.”
“Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.”
“There is no gambling like politics.”
“Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not.”
“Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.”
“The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong - but that's the way to bet.”
“There is but one good throw upon the dice which is to throw them away.”
“By gaming we lose both our time and treasure - two things most precious to the life of man.”
“Man is a gaming animal.”
“Keep flax from fire youth from gaming.”
