Paul Newman, The Colour of Money (1986) quote: "Money won is twice as sweet as money earned."
Cara Bertoia: "It's hard to walk away from a winning streak, even harder to leave the table when you're on a losing one."
R. E. Shay: "Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit."
Phil Hellmuth: "If there weren't luck involved, I would win every time."
Wayne Gretzky: "You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
Terry Murphy: "A gambler never makes the same mistake twice. It's usually three or more times."
Edmund Burke: "Gambling is a principle inherent in human nature."
Baltasar Gracián y Morales: "Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do."
Nicholas Dandalos: "Remember this. The house doesn't beat the player. It just gives him the opportunity to beat himself."
V. P. Pappy: "Gambling is not about how well you play the games; it's really about how well you handle your money."
Quote from: alrelax on June 14, 2023, 04:16:12 PMPaul Newman, The Colour of Money (1986) quote: "Money won is twice as sweet as money earned."
My favorite.
Mae West: "I hear that poker is a game of luck"
W.C. Fields "Not the way I play it"
From the film "My Little Chickadee"
"The only way to make money in a casino is to own one" Steve Wynn
"I wasted my entire life savings on gambling, alcohol, women and liquor........the rest I spent foolishly" Anonymous
"I think every game can be beaten"
Richard Munchkin (professional gambler, author of "Gambling Wizards")
as.
"A skilled gambler makes the most of it when he has the best of it"
Mason Malmuth (Author of Gambling for a Living: How to Make $100,000 a Year, Gambling Theory, et al must-read books for the serious player)
A couple of quotes from old time Vegas comedian Joe E. Lewis:
"I just want to get even"
"I'm on such a bad losing streak that if I was around then, I would have taken Colonel Custer and given points"
Free bonus Joe E. Lewis story:
Sitting at a table with a lady friend at a casino, Joe's lady friend went to light a cigarette and realized that she didn't have any more cigarettes....and neither did Joe, so like a gentleman, he said that he would go to the gift shop and buy a pack of smokes.
Well 5 minutes went by, then 10 minutes then 15 minutes and no sign of Joe.
Finally Joe appears with the pack of cigarettes and the lady friend asks how much did they cost and Joe says about $ 2,000.
Well on the way to the gift shop, Joe had stopped at a craps table.........and you can guess the rest of the story.
"I'm on such a bad losing streak that if I was around then, I would have taken Colonel Custer and given points"
:thumbsup:
"If you're not on it you're not getting paid".
Alrelax
"Vegas, you lose track of time in those casinos. There's no windows, there's no clocks. He's probably on a heater, and you don't walk away from a table when your on a heater!"
Jeffery Tambor, played Sid Garner
The Hangover. 2009 Movie
"Just one time.......one time"
Mike Matasow
You have to be a poker player to get it.
"Every plan has an inherent degree of risk. But risk is the price you pay for opportunity".
A.J. Cooper played by Tom Selleck
"Remember this. The house doesn't beat the player. It just gives him the opportunity to beat himself."
– Nicholas Dandalos (professional gambler)
"If he wins this session, he's a hustler
If he loses this session, he's an A**hole
Because he can't afford to lose $100!
And he is really really really leaning towards the A**hole side right now!"
SAID OUT LOUD BY; A person playing along side of me at a bac table last night about someone the guy knew who was winning nicely and then beginning to give it back. (And eventually did)
"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him."
---Leo Tolstoy, 1897
"The purpose of gaming is to win".
Alrelax, 2023
"Nobody has ever bet enough on a winning horse." – Anonymous
ash190 in #16 above: I like that one.
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"THE RACE IS NOT ALWAYS TO THE SWIFT, NOR THE BATTLE TO THE STRONG, BUT THAT'S THE WAY TO BET." — DAMON RUNYON
"It ain't over, till it's over"
Yogi Berra
(Although it was undoubtedly said by the great Yogi Berra for the game of baseball, it sure can relate to the casino as well)
Or the other well known Yogi quote:
"It's not over until the fat lady sings."
"Son all you payed is the looking price. Lessons are extra"
From The Cincinnati Kid movie
"There's nothing to worry about until there's something to worry about".
Billy Gambini (Ralph Macchio)
Oh so very very true!
Danny:
"Cause the house always wins. Play long enough, you never change the stakes. The house takes you. Unless, when that perfect hand comes along, you bet big, then you take the house."
Danny Ocean. (George Clooney)
"It is much easier to get ahead and win with larger wins than it is with smaller losses."
--Anonymous B. Winner
It's not what you do when you lose that matters, it's what you do when you continue to play the game.
Alrelax
Nothing in life is to be feared it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so we may fear less.
By, Marie Curie
NOTE: Marie Curie was not an actor or in entertainment or gaming. She was an 1800s physicist and chemist engaged in pioneering research on radioactivity. She was also the first woman to ever win a Nobel prize and won two in fact. Her honors and tributes are amazing.
"If you want to win big, you have to be okay with losing it all".
"Sometimes you have to lose, just to win again ".
General Quotes
"Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it." – Henry Ward Beecher
"When a gambler picks up a pack of cards or a pair of dice, he feels as though he has reduced an unmanageable world to a finite, visible and comprehensive size."
– Annabel Davis-Goff
"At gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck." – Casino Royale (Movie)
"The less you bet, the more you lose when you win." – Bob Nastanovich