The only sure thing about luck is
that it will change.
Bret Harte
(1836-1902; American author and poet)
that it will change.
Bret Harte
(1836-1902; American author and poet)
When I was young,
people called me a gambler.
As the scale of my operations increased
I became known as a speculator.
Now I am called a banker.
But I have been doing
the same thing all the time.
Sir Ernest Cassel
(1852-1921; German-born British merchant banker and capitalist)
people called me a gambler.
As the scale of my operations increased
I became known as a speculator.
Now I am called a banker.
But I have been doing
the same thing all the time.
Sir Ernest Cassel
(1852-1921; German-born British merchant banker and capitalist)
In gambling the many must lose
in order
that the few may win.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856-1950; Irish playwright
and co-founder of the London School of Economics)
in order
that the few may win.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856-1950; Irish playwright
and co-founder of the London School of Economics)
Luck, bad if not good,
will always be with us.
But it has a way of favoring the intelligent
and showing its back to the stupid.
John Dewey
(1859-1952; American psychologist and educational reformer)
will always be with us.
But it has a way of favoring the intelligent
and showing its back to the stupid.
John Dewey
(1859-1952; American psychologist and educational reformer)
Remember this:
The house doesn’t beat the player.
It just gives him the opportunity
to beat himself.
Nicholas Dandolos, a.k.a. “Nick the Greek”
(1883-1966; Greek-born professional gambler and high roller)
The house doesn’t beat the player.
It just gives him the opportunity
to beat himself.
Nicholas Dandolos, a.k.a. “Nick the Greek”
(1883-1966; Greek-born professional gambler and high roller)
