Gambling Quotations
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Gambling Quotations
Firstly, a definition of ‘gambling’ from Wilson Mizer:
“Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing from something.”
… and if you’ve thought about that one long enough and become thoroughly depressed, in similar vein, Kin Hubbard follows through with…
“The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.”
The movie The Color of Money had a more positive note on the subject of gambling and of ‘winning’:
“Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.”
However, if you are visiting a Casino in the hope of winning a small fortune at Poker or Roulette, Jack Yelton, would advise you that ”there is a very easy way to return from a casino with a small fortune: go there with a large one.” You have to smile at the truth hidden in that short statement; here's two other shots of wisdom, this time from V.P Pappy:
”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.” “If you ain't just a little scared when you enter a casino, you are either very rich or you haven't studied the games enough.”
Or, you could follow the advice of these two proverbs...
”If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.” ”In any bet there is a fool and a thief.”
If, however, your forte is the race track, Jeffery Bernard would have you notice that... ”in most betting shops you will see three windows marked ‘Bet Here,’ but only one window with the legend ‘Pay Out.’"
W.C Fields (never known to be without a good quip) suggested that ”Horse sense is that good judgement which keeps horses from betting on people.”
And on the subject of ‘luck’, it is worth remembering the Spanish proverb: Luck never gives; it only lends.
Others - naturally - tend to agree... R.E, Shay, for example: "Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit." Or, on a more philosophical note, William Bolitho reminds us that a gambler is "nothing but a man who makes his living out of hope."
Finally, as a way of defining and explaining gambling’s fascination on people, Mark Twain (I promised you he’d be here), offers the following observation:
“A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to us than the 99 which we had to work for, and the money won at Faro or in the stock market snuggles into our hearts in the same way.”
