Welcome to our curated collection of quotes on gambling. Gambling has long been a subject of fascination and controversy, capturing the imagination of people across cultures and generations. From the thrill of risk-taking to the cautionary tales of loss, the world of gambling offers a rich tapestry of experiences and insights.
Whether it’s the allure of a casino floor, the strategic calculations of a poker table, or the excitement of a sports bet, gambling encompasses a spectrum of activities that reflect human psychology, sociology, and economics. For some, it’s a form of entertainment, while for others, it represents a pathway to fortune or ruin. Throughout history, writers, philosophers, and even gamblers themselves have articulated their thoughts and observations on this complex and multifaceted phenomenon. Here, we present a selection of quotes that encapsulate the essence of gambling, its risks, rewards, and everything in between. Stay tuned for a compilation that invites reflection, amusement, and perhaps a touch of inspiration. Now, without further ado, let’s delve into the world of gambler quotes.
‘The Gambler’ by Dostoevsky. It was the first time I realised that it was possible to have good and evil in one person. It led me to read a lot of Russian literature. Sue Townsend
I was a gambler when I was a kid, so when we got to Las Vegas, it was like Mecca. Steven Van Zandt
They always lost but he didn’t blame me because to a gambler, a bad tip is better than no tip at all. Phil Silvers
I wouldn’t see myself as a gambler. Sean Quinn
I actually went to some Gamblers Anonymous classes, and I sat there for three or four of them, and I’m trying to figure out what I have in similarities with these other people, and I could never find anything. It just seems like it wasn’t the right place for me. Pete Rose
I am a gambler. I decided to go in with Company E in the first wave. Robert Capa
Making pictures, for an actress, is like betting, for a gambler. Each time you make a picture you try to analyze why you won or lost. Hedy Lamarr
I’m a big fan of the blues, and a lot of those guys travelled all over America on Greyhound buses, listening to music and ending up in some juke joint, late at night, rootless and with no responsibilities – one of those gamblers who risk it all on seven is romantic and exciting. Lenny Henry
At the first rumors of war, timid investors in various government stock, being panic-stricken, sell out, to their loss and the gamblers’ gain. Randal Cremer
All good professional gamblers are selectively aggressive. James Holzhauer
I’m a gambler and love slot machines. La La Anthony
They haven’t given too many gamblers a second chances in the world of baseball. Pete Rose
I’m not a gambler, let’s just say that, nor have I ever been a dealer at a casino. Anna Gunn
Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper. Charles Mackay
Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment. Max von Sydow
I’m not a big gambler anymore. I like to do it. I enjoy it instead of trying to make money off of it, because I realized you can’t make money gambling. John Daly
March is a month without mercy for rabid basketball fans. There is no such thing as a ‘gentleman gambler’ when the Big Dance rolls around. All sheep will be fleeced, all fools will be punished severely… There are no Rules when the deal goes down in the final weeks of March. Even your good friends will turn into monsters. Hunter S. Thompson
Who do you think I am, Pete Rose? I don’t bet. I come from a long line of compulsive gamblers. Gambling scares me. Mario Cantone
I’m not a crazy Vegas guy. I’m not a gambler. Steve Carell
The Doc Holliday of legend is a gambler and gunman who appears out of nowhere in 1881, arriving in Tombstone with a bad reputation and a hooker named Big Nose Kate. Mary Doria Russell
I’ve always believed if a young guy has a chance to play, why would you explain where his weakness is? The only reason would be to help the other team, or to help a gambler. Bob Stoops
I’m definitely a gambler, as exemplified by the massive risks I’ve taken. Molly Bloom
‘Short Term 12’ was such a marathon. It’s like trying to convey the same emotional depth as ‘The Gambler’ but with less time and a fingernail’s worth of the budget. Brie Larson
One thing I have learned in my painful career as a gambler is that bragging when you get lucky and win a few games will plunge you into gloom and unacceptable beatings very soon. It happens every time. Hunter S. Thompson
I was a professional gambler. When I lived in London, there were a couple of years when I didn’t really earn money doing anything else. I mean, I did other things: like, I made work, and I was working with Derek Jarman at the time, but the way I made money was putting money on horses. Tilda Swinton
On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved. Vince Cable
I’m not a gambler. Joan Laporta
I don’t care what a man is as long as he treats me right. He can be a gambler, a hustler, someone everybody else thinks is obnoxious, I don’t care so long as he’s straight with me and our dealings are fair. Joe Namath
Quit while you’re ahead. All the best gamblers do. Baltasar Gracian
I miss the personalization that Vegas was – there were showroom captains and all the dealers knew the gamblers by their first names. Wayne Newton
My perception of a professional gambler has always been a positive one. James Holzhauer
I’m not a gambler. Jil Sander
I’m a pro sports gambler. You have winning days and you have losing days. But you know if you’ve got the right strategy, you’re going to get it in the end. James Holzhauer
If I gamble, I’ll play roulette. My wife and I will play roulette, and that’s about it. I’m not a heavy gambler. Tracy Morgan
Sometimes, I seem to be only able to actually move and get going with things on the razor edge of possibly still managing whatever it is I’m supposed to do. I think, secretly, I might even get a buzz out of it. Maybe I crave the adrenalin like some sort of crazy gambler high on risking everything on the turn of a card. Steven Hall
I’m not a gambler and I never have been. Adebayo Akinfenwa
I will never be in the stock market. It’s just gambling. I’m a gambler, but I’ll gamble on the practicality of things. Jeremy Renner
How did females become ‘guys?’ How did everyone become ‘guys?’ Remember, too, that a male guy was something of a scoundrel. And a wise guy was a fresh kid, a whippersnapper. In its most other famous evocation, men in Brooklyn said ‘youse guys.’ Damon Runyon referred to hustlers, gamblers, and other nefarious types as guys. Frank Deford
My dad was a womaniser, a gambler. He was violent. They thought if they left Scotland, they would leave the problems behind. Jimmy Barnes
High-stakes gamblers love heart-racing Omaha-type action; normal poker players don’t! Daniel Negreanu
Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady’s window. Honore de Balzac
I think that’s why gamblers get so bad, being online. It makes it so easy. I don’t have any online accounts, I never have. Kyle Lafferty
I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. That’s how I lost my mind. Steve Allen
There is no fool like a careless gambler who starts taking victory for granted. Hunter S. Thompson
When I played the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve, I got to bring Wiley, my 85-pound black lab. He’s responsible for my favorite New Year’s memory of all: At the end of the show, he ran onstage and then out across all the tables in the showroom, sending champagne glasses and gamblers flying. Elayne Boosler
Most gamblers do it for ego. It’s not about winning or losing, it’s about challenging your ego and showing your mates you’re fearless and will bet on anything. Jimmy White
The problem is that to be a producer, one must be a gambler, and the greatest French producers were gamblers. Marcel Carne
He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I’ll show you a loser, show me a hero and I’ll show you a corpse. Mario Puzo
Running a fashion business takes the heart of a good gambler. You’re always dealing with new things. And there’s no guarantee that anything new is going to be successful. Stanley Marcus
Luckily, I’m not a gambler or a drinker or – you know, I get my fix of comedy. Tig Notaro
Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business – the gambler always loses over the long term. Marilyn vos Savant
I’m not a gambler or a nightclub guy. Jonathan Scott
Speculative joy, the joy derived from being right and being rewarded, may well be similar to the rush felt by a winning gambler. Michael Steinhardt
As a gambler, I hold myself to an especially high standard of honor, and it disgusts me when people try to cheat at games. James Holzhauer
There’s a touch of the gambler in anybody really competitive and somebody that’s willing to concede that to succeed, sometimes you need to cut corners and to make bold choices. Josh Charles
Artists of all times are like the gamblers of Monte Carlo, and this blind lottery allows some to succeed and ruins others. In my opinion, neither the winners nor the losers are worth worrying about. Marcel Duchamp
A successful designer must be a gambler. Elsa Schiaparelli
The Gambler’ is one of the movies that inspired us. We love that movie. Anna Boden
I like to play a little bit of blackjack and a little bit of roulette but I’m not a big gambler. Kiki Bertens
In the public mind, an investment banker is no longer conservative; he’s a risk taker, a gambler in high stakes, not to mention a thief. These people are dangerous – deliciously so. Lionel Shriver
My father was an insurance man and a small-time gambler. He was a good man, but he had an eye for the racehorses, and I saw how it used to bother my mother. I’ve never gambled a dime. Never, in all those years in Vegas. Don Rickles
I’m urging NASA to foster the development of what I call ‘runway landers.’ No, that’s not the name of a high stakes gambler from Vegas. It’s a type of spacecraft that flies to orbit like the retiring Shuttles but then glides to a landing like an airplane on a runway. Just like the Shuttles do. Buzz Aldrin
Harvard Medical School, the University of South Florida and the American Psychiatric Association have all conducted studies showing that the earlier one begins gambling, the more likely it is he or she will become an addicted, problem gambler. Spencer Bachus
And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble. Douglas Sirk
I don’t like fantasy where a king snaps his fingers and suddenly a whole army appears and goes off to war – he’s got to feed them, he’s got to pay them, he’s got to take care of the camp followers and the gamblers and the people who cause disorder. Raymond E. Feist
My father was a gambler. My father could not resist a casino or a card game. He loved gambling. Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.
Some people are just more prepared to take risks than others. I grew up a gambler. That’s my name: Maverick. Maverick Carter
I don’t play. I’m a terrible gambler. I don’t know half the rules, and I’m not really patient enough to sit through hours of gaming. Pansy Ho
I find that when I come upon something that I think is a historical revelation, I have the sort of adrenaline rush that I imagine a gambler gets in Las Vegas when he hits the jackpot. It’s still tremendously exciting to me, and I think all of my peers in the business feel the same way. Ron Chernow
All gamblers lose regularly, but they rarely discuss it in public. Losing is bad for the image, dude. Nobody buys Hot Tips from Losers. Remember that. Hunter S. Thompson
Everybody knows that England is the world of betting men, who are of a higher class than mere gamblers: to bet is in the English temperament. Jules Verne
I like playing roulette, I like dice. I grew up with gamblers. Chazz Palminteri
I’m a gambler at heart. That’s my life. Kirk Kerkorian
I’m not really a gambler, but I’ll bet on the Super Bowl or some boxing. Something I feel comfortable with. Birdman