Degenerate Gambler Quotes

#1. 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.

Mario Puzo

#2. It was my interest in happiness that led me to the subject of habits, and of course, the study of habits is really the study of happiness. Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life, and a significant element of happiness.

Gretchen Rubin

#3. But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing what it feels like to be a selfish jackass first.

Cheryl Strayed

#4. Estranged from the tribe that gives no protection,
What happens to the soul that hates its reflection?

Sherman Alexie

#5. Alchemist is like getting up at dawn and seeing the sun rise when other are asleep

Paulo Coelho

#6. I'm from Sweden, so I don't enjoy winter at all; there's nothing cute about it.

Lykke Li

#7. I have never seen a picture of my mother. My mother's family never owned a photograph of her, which tells you everything you need to know about where I'm from and what the world was like for the people who gave me life.

Marcus Samuelsson

#8. While my classmates were reading their textbooks, I drew in the margins.

Robert Rauschenberg

#9. While this is good and it stores up knowledge and power, at the same time there's a problem with it because it means that a person becomes more fixed.

Frederick Lenz