#gamble

But I also think that it does create a lot of revenue, but to me it's a temporary revenue stream because it's an industry that, if suddenly gambling started in Massachusetts, then a lot of our patrons who would gamble in New Hampshire if we had it, would disappear. ↗

— Craig Benson

#because #create #disappear #does #gamble

On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved. ↗

— Vince Cable

#achieve #anger #apology #attacking #banks

There's a touch of the gambler in anybody really competitive and somebody that's willing to concede that to succeed, sometimes you need to cut corners and to make bold choices. ↗

— Josh Charles

#bold #choices #competitive #concede #corners

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

— Steve Allen

#gambler #heavy #how #i #just

The place was built on the premise that people want to gamble, and they may as well do it here. They look after their clientele, and, hell, they treat me like I'm one of their family. ↗

— Wilford Brimley

#built #family #gamble #hell #here

So, I'm happy to do that because it's a wonderful working relationship but I will be going out for pilot season for half hour work and that's the gamble I'm taking. ↗

— Charisma Carpenter

#gamble #going #half #half hour #happy

The Macau casinos have a wonderful business, it's taking in money from Chinese businessmen elsewhere who send it through junky companies to casinos to gamble. The growth continues and they have basically western managers and western accounting, so we trust the numbers a little bit more. ↗

— James Chanos

#basically #bit #business #businessmen #casinos

Yes, prudently invested contributions to the Social Security fund may bring greater dividends, but those contributions would also face a greater risk. It would be like gambling. We should not gamble with the investments and the future of the citizens of this land. ↗

— Daniel Inouye

#bring #citizens #contributions #dividends #face

Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper. ↗

— Charles Mackay

#almost #become #been #cause #delusion

Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled. ↗

— Steve Martin

#different #dinosaurs #evolutionary #gambled #humans