When your opponent's sittin' there holdin' all the aces, there's only one thing to do: kick over the table.

When your opponent's sittin' there holdin' all the aces, there's only one thing to do: kick over the table.

In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win

In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give read more

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touch.

The best throw with the dice is to throw them away.

The best throw with the dice is to throw them away.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a read more

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

The urge to gamble is so universal, and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.

The urge to gamble is so universal, and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.

Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we read more

Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true and incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.

A man's gotta make at least one bet a day, else he could be walking around lucky and never know read more

A man's gotta make at least one bet a day, else he could be walking around lucky and never know it

It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to read more

It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. It's like the throw of the dice.