Famous Quotes & Sayings

The conditions that make it a poor site for a casino by tenfold make it a poor site to serve alcohol.

Aimee Mann

The guy's a Vietnam vet and a boxer, but he's also a drug addict, and she's trying to get away from the dead-end world where she lives in the South, ... They run off together and wind up in a casino town, like Reno or Vegas, and their relationship falls apart.

The Gulf Coast I know and the people of the great state of Missisisppi are not dependent on casinos for whether they survive. They are dependent on what God put within them - that character I saw down there.

the door to casino expansion in western Connecticut is closed.

The coming of a casino will substantially change Pittsburgh, and I don't think that, as a city, we recognize just how much it may change.

This hearing was all about preventing this casino from going to the Village of Rosemont.

Wilford Brimley

The folks who own this hotel and casino are dear friends of mine. As far as I'm concerned, this is maybe the last old gamblin' joint in this town.

That's really popular these days with the kids. Casino stuff.

It will cannibalize, but the difference is you have a 50 percent tax rate and you have a slot parlor as opposed to a much lower tax rate in New Jersey and a full-blown casino resort. The level of amenities is going to be much less (in Pennsylvania).

Paul Robinson

They were typical communities, the Gulf Coast naval ship yards and bases, the casinos and the fisherman. These people have been very impacted. They were functioning. Now they have nothing.

It's better to own the casino than being the gambler in the casino.

I've had conversations with five CEOs of major casino companies, including Harrah's and MGM and Casino Magic. They tell me they're reluctant to rebuild if the other factors still exist,

It was a great challenge. What we are doing is offering people the chance to experience what a gourmet casino restaurant is like in a comfortable price range. People have been pleasantly surprised.

It looks like the South Coast had a very strong opening. The local casino market is certainly robust and I think South Coast's results had a ripple effect throughout the local casino market.

That's a large casino development, and that's only the first phase. They're planning on coming back in with different phases on the south side of the property.

That means you should forget about whatever title you have at work. Everyone who works at a casino is in the guest service business. Employee titles are meaningless. Each employee must view guests as an opportunity to make a lasting positive impression.

Sarah MacLean

'A Rogue by Any Other Name' is the first book in the 'Rules of Scoundrels' series, centered on a legendary pre-Victorian casino and her four scandalous aristocratic owners.

The L.A. market is important to the growth of the casino market in San Diego.

John Maynard Keynes

It is generally agreed that casinos should, in the public interest, be inaccessible and expensive. And perhaps the same is true of Stock Exchanges.

This casino was originally the first casino to open in the market back in 1992, and we are the first land-based Gulf Coast casino to open today following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

Think Sinatra and Dean Martin and Hollywood starlets throwing down chips in Art Deco casinos like the Dunes and Sands. That's where these pieces come from.

This is an effort by regulators to bully, intimidate and threaten casinos in a totally inappropriate manner. Clearly, they are playing with fire.

There's been not enough made out of the ripple effect that the casinos bring. It extends into individual proprietorships like the coffee shops.

Charlie Munger

A lot of our respected financial institutions are just casinos in drag.

Neil Harbisson

There's no legal protection for cyborgs. In 2010, I started the Cyborg Foundation to defend our rights. Cyborgs have been kicked out from several places because they are seen as a possible security threat. I've been kicked out from places such as Harrods, Casino Montecarlo, and many supermarkets.

We've always had our casinos on barges. They've always had to be over water. Due to the hurricane, there was a lot of interest to move our casinos on land.

The region is home to the fastest growing casino market.

Donald Trump

People don't want to hear about the casino business, ... We have never done better as a company, and yet our stock price is lousy.

Saturday night we had five young Italian people in here. They were heading to the casinos and stopped here. They got espressos, but they saw this and went crazy.

Jon Lucas

I've never understood why putting a casino on water makes it palatable to some.

The stigma of playing in casinos is long gone. They've improved over the years.

I used to save pennies for my 10-year-old grandson. I had one of those casino buckets full, another three-quarters. My wife thinks I'm crazy for picking them up.

This is going to go forward whether the casino happens or not.