Gambling Quotes (285 Quotes)

If they wait, they're taking a big gamble.

On the Internet, gambling and paying with credit cards--which doesn't really feel like you are handing out that 20 bill--is a powerful mix. You think, What's 20 on my credit card I will pay it off.' Next thing you know it is 50, then 100 and then you don't care how much you spend. You're focused on winning it back.

The more that connection is made, the more dangerous it is. A lot of young kids can't make the distinction between what they see on TV and what's happening off TV with online gambling.

In 1995, I ran into a brick wall, ... I had no band anymore, and the music business was getting quite soulless. It seemed like the big record companies were mostly interested in eating each other and promoting music as product. They didn't really believe in rock and roll anymore. How was someone like me going to fit into that If I had continued taking their money to make records, I would have ended up owing them so much money that I never could have made the album I have now. They wanted my soul in hock, and I refused to fall into their trap. I just stopped putting out records when I knew they would turn out shitty, and I waited until I found a company Sanctuary that really wanted a Billy Idol record. It's not just a (expletive) job You can't go out there with people you hate and music that sucks. I suppose it was a gamble staying away so long, but it's paid off because I'm happy. I'm happy to be Billy Idol with a quality Billy Idol record. How's that for a marketing tactic

The recent rise in oil prices will certainly have a positive effect on this industry as the gambling public will be more likely to go online to gamble as opposed to traveling by airplane, car or train to its traditional brick and mortar casino as a result of the higher costs associated with traveling due to the skyrocketing price of oil. Oil companies such as American Energy (OTCBB AMEP) are already seeing the effects of higher oil prices and we believe that Pegasus and the gaming industry in general will also benefit greatly.

Engaging in social experimentation with our children is not the role of the legislature, ... We are throwing the dice and taking a huge gamble, and we are gambling with the lives and future of generations not yet born.

Gambling revenues have never been a reliable source of funding for government.

I thought even going to the back we could get them. We've won a couple like that in the Busch Series, but it's a gamble. You know, everything has to go just right. We probably needed another caution there with about five laps to go.

The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will never accept artifacts from any company known to be involved with gambling.

Fantasy football is not viewed by any governmental body as gambling. In fact, it is not gambling. It's a game of skill where you have to pick the right players and compete against other people. It connects fans closer to the game and they have a good time. That's why we support it.

He's been a winner for a long time. He's a gamer. He made 14 starts in a lot of discomfort. He's a risk health-wise, but his makeup and character are good. Even if he helps us the last three, four months of the season, it will be worth the gamble, plus if he clicks, we can look at him for 2007.

Gaming is a safe form of entertainment for adults, and people ought to be able to do it, ... There is absolutely nothing wrong with being able to gamble.

I feel like I have really done my job today under these severe conditions. Driving was tricky, almost like a gamble. It required a real combination of car-control and self-control. But in the end it worked well.

Eradicating gambling is as futile as trying to wipe out prostitution. But regulating well is another matter altogether and that is where government failed dismally in past months.

It was definitely a gambling addiction that started about four years ago,

If I was 20 years old, I would buy a boat and two or three permits ... but youre talking about a lot of money and you dont know if (the fishing) is going to be closed tomorrow. Its a gamble.

Statistics prove that teenage Internet gambling is the fastest growing addiction of the day, akin to drug and alcohol abuse in the 1930s, ... It's pernicious, it's evil, it's certainly one that feeds on those who are the weakest members of society -- and that's the young and the poor.

He had never tried them before, so we stopped. We are teaching him to gamble, which probably is not a good thing.

It's a gamble. A band like Kiss, a lot of those are our audience but we don't do as much make-up. Alice would have more to lose if we got back together.

The league has huge concerns about being associated with gambling, so I understand banning the Las Vegas ad, even if I don't agree with it.

The reason these places could afford the big groups was three paces out the back door that's where all the gambling was.

They're just trying to cut out a lot of costs, they've got to pay a lot of debt down and that requires a lot of cash. But it's a challenge for them because you've got a lot of big hitters in the digital business with a lot of deep pockets... I think they'll be able to cut a lot out of the infrastructure costs. The business has been declining at a 5 to 10 percent clip. The question is, can you generate enough cash from printing products to cover that loss It's a big gamble.

The world over, give a guy money and it goes to drinking, gambling, and women. When you give a woman money, it goes to feeding, clothing, helping people.

I wanted to do an episode about Chuck having a gambling problem. I wanted to portray my addiction on the show. But I think it's a little edgy for Saturday night.

By casting the deciding votes on CAFTA,Utah's congressmen have made themselves responsible for any future attacks on U.S. gambling regulations that CAFTA makes possible.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

We had to kind of gamble a little, to try to steal a point or points from them. We kind of put the game on the line going into that end. We were either going to steal a point and be tied coming home, or give them the game there in the ninth.

Gambling has become much more normative in our culture, in our society, and in the media. If there were taboos about women only playing bingo, they've been erased.

Mr. DeLay has not taken any gambling money. He doesn't believe in taking money from gambling interests.

Our board has been very consistent and aggressive in its opposition to the expansion of gambling outside the existing confines of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.

Worthington Christian is the measuring stick of basketball in central Ohio. They've won for a decade and a half now. We're trying to get to where they're at. That start is the way basketball is sometimes. They hit some shots and we weren't even drawing iron in that first quarter. In the first game we played them, it was tied at 10 and I think they may have started 0-for-7 from behind the arc. That's the gamble against Worthington Christian. When they are on, they are on.

We took a gamble today on the rain that didn't come and started on full-wet tyres. From that point onwards, our race was effectively compromised. That said, both drivers, and indeed, the whole team, got through a difficult race and a most difficult weekend. Full marks to Tiago for scoring a well-deserved point, and my thanks to the whole Minardi Team, including factory-based staff in Faenza, for their support.

I don't know exactly what the rules are, but gambling is a big business, I guess. It's not for me to say whether it's right or wrong.

We figured that would be a good chance to gamble and take a shot. Davies was throwing the ball very well at that point. The odds of trying to get a two-out hit probably weren't in our favor. We thought we'd go ahead and gamble, and it worked.

Mobile gaming is the next step of gambling technology because it allows the patron to gamble when he or she wants in the appropriate areas of the casino. There is an entire generation that has grown up with mobile devices. People like to do what they want on their own terms. That's what mobile gaming allows.

And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble.

It was a bit of a gamble and as it turned out it was not the right choice. When I came out I was barely able to maintain the pace of the safety car and we went to the back after we stopped again. I worked my way back up through the field but late on I was following Monteiro when he accidently hit the pit limiter button. I had no way of avoiding him and I hit him, losing my front wing and going off into the wall.

It's a gamble - if they get blown out like they have the past three years I don't think the game will make a good impression in the slightest. They have to play well and look good while playing well. It's a gamble, but I think Irish coach Charlie Weis and his staff know what they're doing.

We're going through a phase in history where the only thing that can stop poker from being the most popular form of gambling (slots excepted) is a big scandal,

There are several major flaws in the proposal being introduced today. The notion of using gambling proceeds to help with college tuition reminds us of the promises made by the Ohio Lottery. Gambling didn't save public schools. It won't create great opportunities for colleges, either.

All false I like gambling, the system was not cheating, and it was simple. But you're getting my side of the story here. It's my book let those guys write their own books if they like. ... The cheaters stacked the deck, but cheaters are always the easiest people to beat.

There are 300,000 problem gamblers in Australia, and this will only increase the numbers. Any avenue that makes it easier to gamble, such as ATMs in clubs, and credit cards, just means more problems.

We have gone on record for many years now as being opposed to any form of legalized gambling on moral grounds. Gambling has never been put to a statewide vote. If it were today, I would say it would be frighteningly close to not passing.

I have signed many English players - they have not all come off. That's why I say it is always a gamble. When you sign a player you believe he will do it and you give him the maximum opportunities to achieve his potential. You can never make a player successful, you can help a player to want to be successful. The biggest part comes from him.

Law-enforcement officials are among the biggest supporters of the legislation. For generations, most communities in the United States have not allowed gambling, ... The Internet is a threat to the traditional independence of state law enforcement.

The gamble is that employers won't leave or cease operating here. It's pure fantasy to assume that mandating a new cost will do no harm.

Parents, in particular, must understand that problem gambling can be as devastating as substance abuse. There are often unintended negative consequences associated with problem gambling, and we recognize that problem gambling touches a broad range of people.

It can't always be in his hands. It was great for Loretta. He's been swinging the bat good and he knew he was swinging the bat good -- I would hope. Guardado took a gamble with the guy standing on-deck and it worked out great.

You shouldn't have any betting in the locker room at all, whether it's baseball or it's horses. You can't beat the horses. You can't beat any kind of gambling because they have the odds.

He portrays himself as having high moral values and against casino gambling, but he takes money from Indian tribes who operate casinos.