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 SaramagoTag: time life-and-living time-passing gambling
Bond didn't defend the practice. He simply maintained that the more effort and ingenuity you put into gambling, the more you took out.
Ian FlemingTag: gambling
It's hard to walk away from a winning streak, even harder to leave the table when you're on a losing one.
Cara BertoiaTag: romance travel gambling blackjack casino
Play interests me very much," said Hermann: "but I am not in the position to sacrifice the necessary in the hope of winning the superfluous.
Alexander PushkinTag: gambling
If your brother can't 'old 'is own against a bunch of orphans, 'e'd best leave off playing 'azard altogether!
Sheri Cobb SouthTell me, Theodore, were you playing against orphans, by any chance?
Sheri Cobb SouthThe Strip was still lit by a million neon lights, though the crowds on the sidewalk had greatly decreased by this hour. Still, Bosch was awed by the spectacle of light. In every imaginable color and configuration, it was a megawatt funnel of enticement to greed that burned twenty-four hours a day. Bosch felt the same attraction that all the other grinders felt tug at them. Las Vegas was like one of the hookers on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Even happily married men at least glanced their way, if only for a second, just to get an idea what was out there, maybe give them something to think about. Las Vegas was like that. There was a visceral attraction here. The bold promise of money and sex. But the first was a broken promise, a mirage, and the second was fraught with danger, expense, physical and mental risk. It was where the real gambling took place in this town.
Michael ConnellyTag: sex greed las-vegas nevada gambling
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 TrumanA man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough. --Augustus "Gus" McCrae
Larry McMurtryIf you gamble long enough, you'll always lose -- the gambler is always ruined.
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