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.

I have always believed helping your fellow man is profitable in every sense, personally and bottom line.

Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old.

Even the strongest man needs friends.

Actions defined a man; words were a fart in the wind

I find the only thing that really stands up, better than gambling, better than booze, better than women, is reading.

It was from this experience came his oft-repeated belief that every man has but one destiny.