Famous Casino Quotes
Ace Rothstein: [voice-over] Nicky's methods of betting
weren't scientific, but they worked. When he won, he
collected. When he lost, he told the bookies to go fuck
themselves. I mean, what were they going to do, muscle
Nicky? Nicky was the muscle.
Ace Rothstein: [voice-over] In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I'm watching the casino manager. And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all.
Nicky Santoro: I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do. For instance tomorrow morning I'll get up nice and early, take a walk down over to the bank and... walk in and see and, uh... if you don't have my money for me, I'll... crack your fuckin' head wide-open in front of everybody in the bank. And just about the time that I'm comin' out of jail, hopefully, you'll be coming out of your coma. And guess what? I'll split your fuckin' head open again. 'Cause I'm fuckin' stupid. I don't give a fuck about jail. That's my business. That's what I do.
"Gambling is a principle inherent in nature." ~Edmund Burke Quote
"It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck." ~Joseph Conrad Quotations
"Blackjack is the only casino game an amateur can learn to play and at which he can definitely win." ~Lawrence Revere Quote
"Don't gamble the rent money or you'll land up sleeping on the park bench."~Capt. Summer Fun, Ret.
"In a bet there is a fool and a thief". ~Proverb
If you must play, decide upon 3 things at the start:
1. the rules of the game
2. the stakes
3. and the quitting time.
~Chinese Proverb Quotations
"The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius."~ Julius Weintraub, a.k.a. "Big Julie"
"A race track is a place where windows clean people." ~ Danny Thomas
"You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it." ~ Albert Einstein}
"You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people." ~ Will Rogers
"No dog can go as fast as the money you bet on him." ~ Bud Flanagan
"Gambling is not as destructive as war or as boring as pornography. It is not as immoral as business or as suicidal as watching television. And the percentages are better than religion." ~ Mario Puzo
"A dollar won is twice as sweet as a dollar earned." ~ Paul Newman, The Color of Money
"Never, never, never, never give up." ~ Winston Churchill
"Great souls have wills; feeble ones only have wishes." ~ Chinese Proverb
"Picture yourself vividly as winning, and this alone will contribute immeasurably to your success." ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." ~ John Wooden
"You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take." ~ Wayne Gretzky
"Everything in life is luck." ~Donald Trump
"I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" ~Jean Cocteau
"Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit." ~R.E. Shay
"I bet on a horse at ten-to-one. It didn't come in until half-past five." ~Henny Youngman
"A racehorse is an animal that can take several thousand people for a ride at the same time." ~ Unknown
"Horse sense is a good judgment which keeps horses from betting on people." ~W.C. Fields
"How long does it take to learn poker, Dad?" "All your life, son." ~ David Spanier
"If, after the first twenty minutes, you don't know who the sucker at the table is, it's you." ~ Unknown
"Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand." ~ Cool Hand Luke, 1967
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Anonymous
"I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." ~ Thomas Jefferson
"The only sure thing about luck is that it will change." ~Wilson Mizner
"A man's gotta make at least one bet a day, else he could be walking around lucky and never know it." - Jim Jones
Ace Rothstein: [voice-over] In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I'm watching the casino manager. And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all.
Nicky Santoro: I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do. For instance tomorrow morning I'll get up nice and early, take a walk down over to the bank and... walk in and see and, uh... if you don't have my money for me, I'll... crack your fuckin' head wide-open in front of everybody in the bank. And just about the time that I'm comin' out of jail, hopefully, you'll be coming out of your coma. And guess what? I'll split your fuckin' head open again. 'Cause I'm fuckin' stupid. I don't give a fuck about jail. That's my business. That's what I do.
"Gambling is a principle inherent in nature." ~Edmund Burke Quote
"It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck." ~Joseph Conrad Quotations
"Blackjack is the only casino game an amateur can learn to play and at which he can definitely win." ~Lawrence Revere Quote
"Don't gamble the rent money or you'll land up sleeping on the park bench."~Capt. Summer Fun, Ret.
"In a bet there is a fool and a thief". ~Proverb
If you must play, decide upon 3 things at the start:
1. the rules of the game
2. the stakes
3. and the quitting time.
~Chinese Proverb Quotations
"The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius."~ Julius Weintraub, a.k.a. "Big Julie"
"A race track is a place where windows clean people." ~ Danny Thomas
"You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it." ~ Albert Einstein}
"You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people." ~ Will Rogers
"No dog can go as fast as the money you bet on him." ~ Bud Flanagan
"Gambling is not as destructive as war or as boring as pornography. It is not as immoral as business or as suicidal as watching television. And the percentages are better than religion." ~ Mario Puzo
"A dollar won is twice as sweet as a dollar earned." ~ Paul Newman, The Color of Money
"Never, never, never, never give up." ~ Winston Churchill
"Great souls have wills; feeble ones only have wishes." ~ Chinese Proverb
"Picture yourself vividly as winning, and this alone will contribute immeasurably to your success." ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." ~ John Wooden
"You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take." ~ Wayne Gretzky
"Everything in life is luck." ~Donald Trump
"I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" ~Jean Cocteau
"Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit." ~R.E. Shay
"I bet on a horse at ten-to-one. It didn't come in until half-past five." ~Henny Youngman
"A racehorse is an animal that can take several thousand people for a ride at the same time." ~ Unknown
"Horse sense is a good judgment which keeps horses from betting on people." ~W.C. Fields
"How long does it take to learn poker, Dad?" "All your life, son." ~ David Spanier
"If, after the first twenty minutes, you don't know who the sucker at the table is, it's you." ~ Unknown
"Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand." ~ Cool Hand Luke, 1967
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Anonymous
"I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." ~ Thomas Jefferson
"The only sure thing about luck is that it will change." ~Wilson Mizner
"A man's gotta make at least one bet a day, else he could be walking around lucky and never know it." - Jim Jones
