Bookmakers Quotes

• I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Wedding, Vegas, Offering

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• I am not one of the people who believe that the main reason why a chap becomes a bookmaker is because he is too scared to steal and too heavy to become a jockey.

  Noel Whitcomb

  Believe, Gambling, People

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• A los 14 o 15 años ya había visto a todos los grandes artistas. Mi madre era artista. Mi padre era corredor de apuestas, así que tenía acceso a todos esos clubes nocturnos, y estaba prendado de ciertos artistas, e íbamos a verlos. Veíamos a cómicos como Sid Caesar y Milton Berle, ese tipo de artistas, con muchos de los cuales trabajé más tarde.

  Lainie Kazan

  Madre, padre, artista

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• I'll tell you what you can expect from an Irishman named Wellington whose father was a bookmaker. You can expect that anything he says or writes may be repeated aloud in your own home in front of your children. You can believe he was taught to love and respect all mankind, but to fear no man.

  Wellington Mara

  Children, Father, Believe

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• A combination of the qualities of the scholar, the master cook, the painter, the gastronomer, the sportsman and the pantologist, assisted by the skill of the bookmaker and etcher, will be required to compose the cookbook par excellence.

  George Ellwanger

  Skills, Cooking, Excellence

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