Gambling Quotes

"Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered."
- William Shakespeare

"Good luck needs no explanation."
- Shirley Temple Black

"God does not play dice with the universe"
- Albert Einstein

"Luck is not chance - It's Toil - Fortune's expensive smile - Is earned"
- Emily Dickinson

"Fortune always will confer an aura - Of worth, unworthily; and in this world - The lucky person passes for a genius."
- Euripedes

"Some folk want their luck buttered."
- Thomas Hardy

"Most casino patrons view gambling as a mix of witchery, mysticism, entertainment and dumb luck. Very few view it the deadly game that it is."

-VP Pappy

"A gambler never makes the same mistake twice. It's usually three or more times."

-VP Pappy
"Gambling is not about how well you play the games, it's really about how well you handle your money."

-VP Pappy
"Show me a wealthy gambler and I'll show you someone who has made his money from something other than gambling."

-VP Pappy

"Ace is not good, Ace is God."
William Wigstrom

"The game exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great."
Walter Matthau

"Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says he is, is either a liar or doesn't play poker."
Amarillo Slim

"The most difficult aspects of playing poker professionally are coping emotionally with the losses and coping with the recurring idea that you're not doing anything worthwhile."
Mike Caro

"Hold em is to stud what chess is to checkers."
Johnny Moss