89 of the Wisest Quotes About Gambling & Life (LUCKY)

Top 10 Most Famous Quotes About Gambling (BEST)

Quit while you’re ahead. All the best gamblers do. - Baltasar Gracián y Morales — Quit while you’re ahead. All the best gamblers do. – **Baltasar Gracián y Morales**

Gambling The sure way of getting nothing for something. - Wilson Mizner — Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something. – Wilson Mizner

It's hard to walk away from a winning streak, even harder to leave the table when you're on a losing one. - 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. – Cara Bertoia

If you don’t gamble, you’ll never win. - Charles Bukowski — If you don’t gamble, you’ll never win. – **Charles Bukowski**

The only man who makes money following the races is one who does it with a broom and shovel. - Elbert Hubbard — The only man who makes **money** following the races is one who does it with a broom and shovel. – **Elbert Hubbard**

In gambling, the many must lose in order that the few may win. - George Bernard Shaw — In gambling, the many must lose in order that the few may win. – **George Bernard Shaw**

A gambler is nothing but a man who makes his living out of false hope. - William Bolitho — A gambler is nothing but a man who makes his living out of false **hope**. – William Bolitho

By gaming we lose both our time and treasure two things most precious to the life of man. - Owen Feltham — By **gaming** we lose both our **time** and treasure: two things most precious to the **life** of man. – Owen Feltham

The better the gambler, the worse the man. - Publilius Syrus — The better the gambler, the worse the man. – **Publilius Syrus**

Hoping to recoup is what ruins the gambler.

18 Thought-Provoking Quotes About Gambling and Life

“You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it time, it’s time that rules, time is our gambling partner on the other side of the table and it holds all the cards of the deck in its hand, we have to guess the winning cards of life, our lives.”
José Saramago

Money won is twice as sweet as money earned. - Fast Eddie Felson — Money won is twice as sweet as money earned. – Fast Eddie Felson

I’ve learned the lesson that the worst thing that can happen to a gambler is to let his recent losses or wins knock him off keel emotionally. - Andrew Beyer — I’ve **learned** the lesson that the worst thing that can happen to a gambler is to let his recent losses or wins knock him off keel emotionally. – Andrew Beyer

“In nuclear war, except for the evil forces, no one is a winner. Science and humanity become the villains. Everyone knows that, but the gamblers want to play their cards. Beware of the nuclear gamblers.”
Amit Ray

Once you start thinking you have nothing left to learn, you have everything to learn. - Steve Badger — Once you start thinking you have nothing left to learn, you have everything to learn. – Steve Badger

Gambling is not about how well you play the games, it’s really about how well you handle your money. - V. P. Pappy — Gambling is not about how well you play the games, it’s really about how well you handle your money. – V. P. Pappy

There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and being Smart. - Hunter S. Thompson — There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling **experience**, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and being Smart. – Hunter S. Thompson

Yes, I can understand that a man might go to gambling table - when he sees that all that lies between himself and death is his last crown. - Honoré de Balzac — Yes, I can understand that a man might go to gambling table – when he sees that all that lies between himself and **death** is his last crown. – **Honoré de Balzac**

“The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dice box in hand, shaking the dice.”
Denis Diderot

There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do. - Harry S. Truman — There is a lure in power. It can get into a man’s blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do. – Harry S. Truman

Gambling is a way of buying hope on credit. - Alan Wykes — Gambling is a way of buying hope on credit. – Alan Wykes

A dollar won is twice as sweet as a dollar earned. - Paul Newman — A dollar won is twice as sweet as a dollar earned. – **Paul Newman**

Gambling is the great leveler. All men are equal at cards. - Nikolai Gogol — Gambling is the great leveler. All men are equal at cards. – Nikolai Gogol

Never gamble with a man who knows both sides of the cards. - Ken Alstad — Never gamble with a man who knows both sides of the cards. – Ken Alstad

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It’s getting money without giving an equivalent for it. - Henry Ward Beecher — Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It’s getting money without giving an equivalent for it. – **Henry Ward Beecher**

The less you bet, the more you lose when you win. - Bob Nastanovich — The less you bet, the more you lose when you win. – Bob Nastanovich

Gambling is not a vice, it is an expression of our humanness. We gamble. Some do it at the gaming table, some do not. You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play. - Jeanette Winterson — Gambling is not a vice, it is an expression of our humanness. We gamble. Some do it at the gaming table, some do not. You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play. – Jeanette Winterson

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future. Act now, without delay. - Simone de Beauvoir — **Change** your life today. Don’t gamble on the **future**. Act now, without delay. – **Simone de Beauvoir**

7 Quotes About Gambling and Luck

“The world is like a reverse casino. In a casino, if you gamble long enough, you’re certainly going to lose. But in the real world, where the only thing you’re gambling is, say, your time or your embarrassment, then the more stuff you do, the more you give luck a chance to find you.”
Scott Adams

True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home. - John Milton Hay — True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home. – John Milton Hay

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. - Seneca — Luck is what happens when preparation meets **opportunity**. – Seneca

“My luck at the gambling table was varied; sometimes I was fifty to a hundred dollars ahead, and at other times I had to borrow money from my fellow workmen to settle my room rent and pay for my meals.”
James Weldon Johnson

At gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck.

Gambling operates under the premise that greed can be satisfied by luck. - Rita Mae Brown — Gambling operates under the premise that greed can be satisfied by luck. – Rita Mae Brown

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. - Bret Harte — The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. – Bret Harte

5 Quotes About Gambling Being Bad

Time spent in a casino is time given to death, a foretaste of the hour when one's flesh will be diverted to the purposes of the worm and not the will. - Rebecca West — Time spent in a casino is time given to death, a foretaste of the hour when one’s flesh will be diverted to the **purposes** of the worm and not the will. – Rebecca West

When I was in high school, I had a gambling problem. - Young Thug — When I was in high school, I had a gambling problem. – Young Thug

Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet. - Michael Jordan — Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet. – **Michael Jordan**

To be honest, most of my troubles - bankruptcy, drinking, gambling - were self-inflicted. - Jimmy White — To be **honest**, most of my troubles – **bankruptcy**, drinking, gambling – were self-inflicted. – Jimmy White

Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go all to pieces. - Hunter S. Thompson — Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go all to pieces. – Hunter S. Thompson

3 Quotes About Gambling Addiction

We all get addicted to something that takes away the pain.

Gambling is a sickness, a disease, and addiction, an insanity, and is always a loser in the long run.

Addiction begins with the hope that something ‘out there’ can instantly fill up the emptiness inside.

2 Quotes About Gambling and Love

Maybe the difference between first marriage and second marriage is that the second time at least you know you are gambling. - Elizabeth Gilbert — Maybe the difference between first **marriage** and second marriage is that the second time at least you know you are gambling. – **Elizabeth Gilbert**

Everything's a gamble, love most of all. - Tess Gerritsen — Everything’s a gamble, **love** most of all. – Tess Gerritsen

2 Quotes About Gambling and Family

Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one. - Pope John XXIII — Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My **family** chose the slowest one. – Pope John XXIII

Gambling is a family disease. One person may be addicted but the whole family suffers.

2 Quotes About Gambling for Women

“Where were all the women gamblers? It wasn’t as if being a woman wasn’t a huge risk all by itself. Twenty-eight percent of female homicide victims were killed by husbands or lovers. Which, come to think of it, was probably why there weren’t any women gamblers. Living with men was enough of a gamble.”
Jennifer Crusie

There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians. - Georges Pompidou — There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians. – Georges Pompidou

2 Quotes About Gambling on Leadership and Politics

“We didn’t become the most prosperous country in the world just by rewarding greed and recklessness. We didn’t come this far by letting the special interests run wild. We didn’t do it just by gambling and chasing paper profits on Wall Street. We built this country by making things, by producing goods we could sell.”
Barack Obama

There is no gambling like politics. - Benjamin Disraeli — There is no gambling like politics. – **Benjamin Disraeli**

2 Quotes About Gambling for Spirituality

All I wanna do is play one game of nine-ball with God. - Paul Lyons — All I wanna do is play one game of nine-ball with God. – Paul Lyons

Gambling is an act of faith of gamblers. Prophecy is an act of faith of the saints. - Toba Beta — Gambling is an act of faith of gamblers. Prophecy is an act of faith of the saints. – Toba Beta

17 Funny Quotes About Gambling

Gambling has brought our family together. We had to move to a smaller house. - Tommy Cooper — Gambling has brought our family together. We had to move to a smaller house. – Tommy Cooper

No wife can endure a gambling husband; unless he is a steady winner. - Thomas Dewar — No wife can endure a gambling husband; unless he is a steady winner. – Thomas Dewar

If there weren’t luck involved, I would win every time. - Phil Hellmuth — If there weren’t luck involved, I would win every time. – **Phil Hellmuth**

There is a very easy way to return from a casino with a small fortune; go there with a large one. - Jack Yelton — There is a very easy way to return from a casino with a small **fortune**; go there with a large one. – Jack Yelton

If you’re playing a poker game and you look around the table and can’t tell who the sucker is, it’s you. - Paul Newman — If you’re playing a poker game and you look around the table and can’t tell who the sucker is, it’s you. – Paul Newman

This was my first lesson about gambling if you see somebody winning all the time, he isn’t gambling, he’s cheating. - Malcolm X — This was my first lesson about gambling: if you see somebody winning all the time, he isn’t gambling, he’s cheating. – **Malcolm X**

Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I’ve been winning fortunes, and I’ve been losing them. - Jerry Lewis — Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I’ve been winning fortunes, and I’ve been losing them. – Jerry Lewis

Even as I approach the gambling hall, as soon as I hear, two rooms away, the jingle of money poured out on the table, I almost go into convulsions. - Fyodor Dostoevsky — Even as I approach the gambling hall, as soon as I hear, two rooms away, the jingle of money poured out on the table, I almost go into convulsions. – **Fyodor Dostoevsky**

Oh, it's not really gambling when you never lose. - Jennifer Aniston — Oh, it’s not really gambling when you never lose. – **Jennifer Aniston**

There is no such thing as social gambling. Either you are there to cut the other bloke's heart out and eat it or your a sucker. - Robert A. Heinlen — There is no such thing as “social gambling”. Either you are there to cut the other bloke’s heart out and eat it or your a sucker. – Robert A. Heinlen

A gambler never makes the same mistake twice. It's usually three or more times. - VP Pappy — A gambler never makes the same mistake twice. It’s usually three or more times. – VP Pappy

The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. - Kin Hubbard — The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. – Kin Hubbard

Nine gamblers could not feed a single rooster.

Eat your betting money but don’t bet your eating money.

Last year, people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people. - Samantha Bee — Last year, people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people. – Samantha Bee

You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. - Wayne Gretzky — You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. – **Wayne Gretzky**

The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius. - Julius Weintraub — The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a **genius**. – Julius Weintraub

19 Quotes About Gambling That Will Make You Think

“Another mistaken notion connected with the law of large numbers is the idea that an event is more or less likely to occur because it has or has not happened recently. The idea that the odds of an event with a fixed probability increase or decrease depending on recent occurrences of the event is called the gambler’s fallacy. For example, if Kerrich landed, say, 44 heads in the first 100 tosses, the coin would not develop a bias towards the tails in order to catch up! That’s what is at the root of such ideas as “her luck has run out” and “He is due.” That does not happen. For what it’s worth, a good streak doesn’t jinx you, and a bad one, unfortunately , does not mean better luck is in store.”
Leonard Mlodinow

Nobody has ever bet enough on a winning horse.

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. - Ambrose Bierce — The gambling known as **business** looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. – **Ambrose Bierce**

“Think of horse races. People like to bet on the one with three legs and a wheeze. They don’t bet on that one because they think it will win, but because they can see how very glorious it would be if it were to win.”
Natasha Pulley

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 — 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

I like to play blackjack. I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi-circle. - Mitch Hedberg — I like to play blackjack. I’m not addicted to gambling. I’m addicted to sitting in a semi-circle. – Mitch Hedberg

“I am not surprised that there are gambling houses, like so many snares laid for human avarice; like abysses where many a man’s money is engulfed and swallowed up without any hope of return; like frightful rocks against which the gamblers are thrown and perish.”
Jean De La Bruyere