Blessed be the slot players for theirs is the hope of a better day dawning.

They are the new breed of slot machine-colorful, fancy, exciting, wonderful...and deadly.

The slot machines sit there like young courtesans, promising pleasures undreamed of, your deepest desires fulfilled, all lusts satiated.

The casinos believe in math (and I don't mean numerology).They believe in the power of percentages and short pays, not in the power of magic stones, amulets and omens.

Scobe's Tenth Law: In all endeavors, in all aspects of life, there are more horses asses than horses!

Scobe's Fifth Law: All dealers wish they were doing something other than dealing. All dealers have plans to get out of dealing. Ten years later they have different plans to get out of dealing.

Las Vegas is the most honest fake city in the world.

I gamble with one foot pointed toward the door.

I sometimes think of Las Vegas as the Jerusalem of chance. A holy city.

Consistent happiness is an art - An art that involves taking and maintaining control of which thoughts you give attention to and which thoughts you disregard

The other important thing to understand is that as humans we see only a segment of reality in the greater cosmic scheme of things, so we are really never in a position to judge anyone or anything.

I've gotten more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

Nobody really knows Indians who cheat them and treat them badly.

Nothing is more fatal to health than an overcare of it.

If San Francisco is indeed a city of leaders, then I think we should lead, and if we don't want a chain store, then we should say so loudly.

The cream of enjoyment in this life is always impromptu. The chance walk; the unexpected visit; the unpremeditated journey; the unsought conversation or acquaintance.

No partnership matters more. The relationship with the one you marry provides 90 percent of your happiness and 90 percent of your misery.

I do not wish to help Jeremy Clarkson be amusing in the event of my death.

Mystery lies over the sea. Every ship is bound for Thule.