• "The typical gambler might not really understand the probabilistic nuances of the wheel or the dice, but such things seem a bit more tractable than, say, trying to raise a child in this lunatic society of ours."
  
  -Arthur S. Reber, The New Gambler 's Bible

• "In the queer mess of human destiny the determining factor is luck. For every important place in life there are many men of fairly equal capacities. Among them luck decides who shall accomplish the great work, who shall be crowned with laurel, and who shall fall back into silence and obscurity."
  
  -William E. Woodward

• Nine gamblers could not feed a single rooster.
  
  -Yugoslav proverb

• "Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit."
  
  -R. E. Shay

• "A gambler with a system must be, to a greater or lesser extent, insane."
  
  George Augustus Sala (1828-95) English writer and journalist

• "Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing from something."
  
  -Wilson Mizner

• "I am sorry I have not learned to play cards. It is very useful in life. It generates kindness and consolidates society."
  
  -Samuel Johnson

• "In the case of an earthquake hitting Las Vegas, be sure to go straight to the keno lounge. Nothing ever gets hit there."
  
  -An anonymous casino boss

• "Remember this: The house doesn't beat the player. It just gives him the opportunity to beat himself."
  
  -Nicholas (Nick the Greek) Dandalos

• "You know what luck is? Luck is believing you're lucky...to hold front position in this rat-race you've got to believe you're lucky."
  
  -Stanley Kowalski, A Streetcar Named Desire
  

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