Blackjack Autumn is one of my favorite gambling books. (I have
about 250 or so) It's very funny-I constantly laughed out loud while
reading it-and insightful. Checking through my quote files, I pulled
out a few by both authors.
BLACKJACK AUTUMN
"Here I am in some godforsaken, trailer-filled town playing in a
four-deck game with bad rules, joined by two poor players, with a
half a dozen drunks at the bar and one guy playing quarter video
poker."
--Barry Meadows
"The guy supervising the games ask me if I'd like anything. Yea, I
say--a gun to kill the dealer."
--Barry Meadows
"Tell a player to hit and invariably he'll bust on a hand he
should have won, so now he regards you with all the warmth of a
Palestinian demonstrator displays towards an Israeli soldier."
--Barry Meadows
24/7
"Gambling is a cannibalizing endeavor that will wear down and
carrode those who persist at it."
--Andre's Martinez
"There is such a thing as being hung over from gambling."
--Andre's Martinez
"Gambling is not smoking. It's not inherently bad for you. On the
contrary, I'd venture to say that a little gambling, a taste of life
on the edge, is good for the soul."
--Andre's Martinez