If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the read more

If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

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.

I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. That's how I lost my mind.

I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. That's how I lost my mind.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong -- but that's the way to read more

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong -- but that's the way to bet it.

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.

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

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

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.

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