John Quotes

A 1999 report by a bipartisan federal panel on gambling concluded the United States should put a hold on further casinos until it is clear what the impact is on America

My bottom line is this is no time to be gambling with our economy

Any legislator who says he doesn't see the downside hasn't done his homework

What we really need is a federal intervention plan, which calls for a moratorium on gambling in the U.S.

Actually, they should just roll it all back get rid of gambling...It destabilizes the U.S. economy

Lotteries boost state revenues in the short run but don't feed the economy in the long run

State-sponsored gambling produces no product, no new wealth, and so it makes no genuine contribution to economic development

In convenience gambling scenarios, discretionary spending and nondiscretionary addicted gambling dollars were transferred from other forms of consumer expenditures

Then they're like addicts; they can't help themselves... They will steal, cheat, embezzle and commit other crimes just to get money to gamble

It becomes a cannibalization of your pre-existing economy

You bring in gambling into a major population base, and the more people you have going into a casino, the more people you have hooked on gambling

We beat the Great Depression without lotteries and legalized gambling

The smartest thing legislatures can do is get rid of lotteries and get those dollars buying consumer goods and get the sales tax revenues from that

Taxpayers would likely be responsible for treating addicts

If you want your 401k to come back, recriminalize gambling

Although crime and corruption decreases within a one-mile radius of a casino, it increases 10 percent within a 35-mile radius by the third year the casino is open.

Bankruptcies increase 18 percent to 42 percent above the national average

One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers

If the government wants to stimulate the economy, it should outlaw gambling

For every three machines, you lose two jobs out of the surrounding economy because people are dumping their money on gambling

Gambling is being subsidized by the taxpayers

It's lose, lose for the taxpayer

It's time to wipe the slate clean, recriminalize gambling, just like we did in this country 100 years ago

And as far as jobs go, for every one job that the casino creates, one is lost in the 35-mile feeder market

Bankruptcies will be up 18 to 42 percent around racinos areas tracks as people lose their money

Gambling is a bad deal for taxpayers

The military should get rid of video gambling devices on nearly 100 overseas bases and posts

Gambling addicts usually lose their focus at work and problem military gambling poses a national security threat

The faster the gambling activity, the more highly addictive it is; and the more addictive the gambling activity is, the more revenue it will generate for the industry

Another threat to stability is the rise of Internet gambling

In permitting gambling enterprises to flourish in the United States and abroad, the United States undermines global socio-economic stability in contravention of its international obligations

The lightning spread of 'Western-style' gambling overseas has increased the problems of addicted and problem gamblers, organized crime and alleged corruption in Asia and the Middle East

People that pick up hitchhikers I believe are basically good people that believe in other people and understand problems and don't judge people. That's always the kind of person I'm looking for.

People still come to Baltimore and say, "I didn't realize you made documentaries."

I'm not a separatist, I'm friends with some people who voted for Trump, not many. Nobody has the nerve to tell me, but a few have.

I would describe myself as a writer that hopes to take you into my world and help you feel a little safer.

I probably would have made [films] anywhere. Every city has something they're ashamed of. I would have made films about it and turned it into something positive.

I think the extremes are something that's really interesting to see coalesce in movies.

I have no interest in cars. I have a plain, used Buick. I could run over 10 people, and you wouldn't be able to describe my car.

People who want to act rich when they're upper-middle class. They try too hard.

The further away I am from water, the less well I do!

Anyone from my past I'm interested in, I've already stalked their homes. I like to go outside.

Everybody should wish they had home movies of themselves, acting out their lunacy on LSD.

Coke didn't last long enough; it gave me a hangover for two weeks for being high for ten minutes.

Valentine's Day is my mother's birthday. If I'm wildly in love, I've sent people chicken hearts, which seems to appeal to the kind of person that I've been in love with.

I have to talk about my movies. I have to give interviews to promote what I'm doing. But no one really knows my personal life. And if you don't have a personal life I feel bad for you.

Things are going great in every part of my life except movies. That's okay. I've got a lot of other parts of my life. I've made 15 movies. You can see any one of my movies and it says the same thing.

If I died tomorrow I've accomplished what I set out to do in my life. I enjoy making my movies, I enjoy doing what I do. I have a nice life.

If your kid comes out of the bedroom and says he just shut down the government, it seems to me he should at least have an outfit for that.

I care about the presidential elections. I always vote. Sometimes I've voted more than once, illegally. But you can't anymore. The picture ID has ruined everything.