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Gambling Quotes - Page 11

Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good.

Samuel Johnson, James Boswell (1825). “The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals”, p.93

I never enjoyed working in a film.

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

Writings like gambling. Unpredictable and sporadic successes make you more addicted, not less.

"M John Harrison: a life in writing" by Richard Lea, www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2012.

Losing as much money as I can get hold of is an instant solution to my economic problems.

Lucian Freud, Rolf Lauter, Jean Christophe Ammann, Craig Hartley, Museum für Moderne Kunst (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (2001). “Lucian Freud: naked portraits : Werke der 40er bis 90er Jahre”, Hatje Cantz Publishers

Whoever plays deep must necessarily lose his money or his character.

Lord Chesterfield (1998). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.377, Oxford Paperbacks