He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I'll show you a loser, show me a hero and I'll show you a corpse.

The fact of the matter is that I wanted to hold a grudge in some funny kind of way.Against everybody.

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.

We are all honorable men here, we don 't have to give each other assurances as if we were lawyers.

You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.

The only wealth in this world is children, more than all the money, power on earth.

Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.