Keyword: Betting

Bookie: A pickpocket who lets you use your own hands.

Definitions

All life is 6 to 5 against.

Life Murphy’s Laws

Racehorse: A fast means of redistributing wealth.

Activities Definitions

Life is like a game of poker: If you don’t put any in the pot, there won’t be any to take out.

(1894 – 1975) American comedian
Activities Games Life

Always remember Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.

American football & basketball coach
Misspokements Sports

Lady Godiva put everything she had on a horse.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer
TV/Movie Quotes

If Stan (Bowles) could pass a betting shop like he can pass a ball he’d have no trouble at all.

British football manager
Sports

The difference between playing the stock market and the horses is that one of the horses must win.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist
Money

One of the worst things that can happen to you in life is to win a bet on a horse at an early age.

American billiards champion & hustler
Activities Sports

The probability of winning is inversely proportional to the amount of the wager.

Money Murphy’s Laws

I bought a million lottery tickets… I won a dollar.


Activities Money

Roulette: A wheel that seldom takes a turn for the bettor.

Activities Definitions Games

Race Track: Where thousands of people can get taken for a ride on the same horse.

Definitions

Never bet on a loser because you think his luck is bound to change.

Murphy’s Laws

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong – but that’s the way to bet.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Sports

I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist
Activities Games

The best simple-minded test of expertise in a particular area is the ability to win money in a series of bets on future occurrences in that area.

Money Murphy’s Laws

One way to stop a runaway horse is to bet on him.

(1932 – 1997) British journalist
Animals Situations

If you bet on a horse, that's gambling. If you bet you can make three spades, that's entertainment. If you bet cotton will go up three points, that's business. See the difference?

(1919 – ) American sportswriter
Entertainment Sports

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that is the way to bet.

(1990 – 1946) newspaperman & writer
Activities Success

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer
Intelligence People Wisdom