Famous quotes containing the words american and/or game:
“Somebody said that I am the last American living the tragedy of Europe.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
“I have a notion that gamblers are as happy as most people, being always excited; women, wine, fame, the table, even ambition, sate now & then, but every turn of the card & cast of the dice keeps the gambler alive—besides one can game ten times longer than one can do any thing else.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)