Quotes

[Three]

Let's see you pronounce Cantonese.

What are you looking for when he does it? Does it make him look funny?

[SpikeBJ]

What about the guy that backed into the propeller? "Rectum?" "Nope killed him."

[Sonny]

I just ran across this one today:

"If you're going to go up the wall whenever you hear Garth Brooks sing something then you probably shouldn't be a gambler." -Bob Dancer

[21frogman]

Contrariwise, continued Tweedledee, if it was so, it might be: and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.
Lewis Carroll

[CountinCanadian]

What are you looking for when he does it? Does it make him look funny?

He is trying to put him in the shoes of the waiter and try speaking a new language, because it's obviously very difficult.

[21frogman]

The distinction between an investment and a gamble lies in the odds of success.
Spencer Jakab, Wall Street Journal, 6/30/2018

One of the open secrets of the financial-services world is that we're also in the entertainment and gaming industry. James Angel, Finance Professor, Georgetown University
(Quoted in the same article}

[ummagumma]

The following line by the genius Leonard Cohen for me is the greatest line ever written about gambling in general:

" He was looking for the card so high and wild he'd never need to deal another "

RIP Leonard

[Norm]

Yes, I have that song on my iPod.

[Dbs6582]

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I just read a story about a Norm Macdonald, a stand up comedian who I didn't know about, and then watched his act on YouTube and this guy is really hilarious.
anyway, this is my favorite joke from him. on an ESPN comedy show he congratulated former Heisman Trophy winner Charles Woodson by saying:

"Congratulations man. That is something nobody can ever take away from you unless you kill your wife and a waiter"

That’s a good one. In the updated version, he’d need to add “unless you also take improper things (like houses and money for parents) from agents”, since Reggie Bush also has his taken away. The updated version wouldn’t be quite as funny.

[21frogman]

"Football is NOT a contact sport, it is a collision sport. Dancing IS a contact sport." - Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State

"I've found that prayers work best when you have big players." - Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it." - Lou Holtz / Arkansas - Notre Dame

"When you win, nothing hurts." - Joe Namath / Alabama

"A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall." - Frank Leahy / Notre Dame

"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you." - Woody Hayes / Ohio State


"Always remember Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David." - Shug Jordan / Auburn

[CountinCanadian]

To continue the football topic:

"Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it’s important."

[Norm]

"To err is human. To blame it on someone else shows management potential." -Unknown

[DoubleDownSoft21]

Without reading thru 61 pages of quotes, apologies if this one has already been used.

"The market can remain irrational longer than you can stay solvent."- John Maynard Keynes

Can apply to periods of negative variance.