Keyword: Gambling

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing from something.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

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

(1838 – 1918) journalist, historian, academic & novelist

First of all, if you are gambling and you've gotta get change for a nickel – it's over.

comedian

I could be stranded in any town in the United States with ten cents and within an hour make $20 with the shell game.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

I backed a horse today at 20:1; it came in at twenty past four.

(1921 – 1984) British comedian & magician

Horse racing is animated roulette.

(1927 – ) American author & baseball writer

Parking Meter: An automatic device that bets a dollar to your nickel that you can’t get back before the time runs out.

Stock Market: A popular game of chance in which moneyed speculators gamble with the nation’s economy, the object being to amass as much unearned income as possible before one’s fellow gamblers withdraw from the game and precipitate a nationwide depression.

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

A Smith and Wesson beats four aces.

I admit to spending a fortune on women, booze and gambling… the rest I spend foolishly.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

It’s morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

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

They've opened up a new casino for people on welfare; when you put a food stamp in the slot machine and it lands on three babies, you win a block of cheese!

comedian & radio personality

Look around the table; if you don’t see a sucker, get up, because you’re the sucker.

I joined Gamblers Anonymous; they gave me 2 to 1 I wouldn't make it!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.

(1933 – 1998) comedian & actor

I bet on a horse at ten-to-one; it didn't come in until half-past five.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

Sucker: Is this a game of chance?

Fields: Not the way I play it, no.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

My idea of gambling was walking through Central Park, whistling show tunes.

(1939 – ) American actor, dancer, singer, producer & choreographer