Krista Allen Quotes

It is not easy to get rich in Las Vegas, at Churchill Downs, or at the local Merrill Lynch office.

I have done everything I have ever wanted to do. I have swum with tiger sharks, been charged by lions and elephants. I have been shot three times, chased by crocodiles and, God be praised, I've made enough money that I can continue to do all the things I want to for as long as I am able.

As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.

I'm going to Malaysia to try and win a million dollars... how exciting is that?

I was very lucky - it wasn't a question of being wealthy; my father was just extremely lucky with the couple of jobs he got. So we got a chance to travel when nobody else could travel.

Like every poor person, I used to dream about winning the lottery. I didn't just get money, though. I got fame. And I got fame before I got money, and it was scary.

Whoever gambles with the dollar, loses

I've won over 50 million dollars playing poker.

Money is not it for me. I love to travel and take care of my kids and be around my children.

The way I look at it, everything is a trade. You acquire some money, so then you've got no financial burdens, but everyone wants your money and so who can you trust? Or you've got no money and you can trust anyone, but then you've got the worry to pay bills. Which is worse?

A couple times a year, I get in the car, and I'll drive 1,000 miles cross-country, going through side streets. I'll stay off the highways as much as possible. And I realize it's a huge country, and for us to be in so many places in the country is an amazing thing.

Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky.

Vegas is kind of crazy because there's so much going on. Everyone goes there to be entertained.

I want to travel the world and enjoy things, so if you gave me $50 million and said, 'You can never perform again,' I probably would take it and be fine with it.

Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

There is no quick way of making money. People come to you with tips for the races or offer the latest Ponzi scheme, but I can see them coming a mile off. I just go with the adage that if it sounds too good to be true it probably is.

I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream.

I shouldn't be near Vegas and have money in my pocket.

I love Vegas. It's like going to Disneyland.

I travelled to California when I was 18 and went to Los Angeles State College.

Betting on the success of innovative technologies in the marketplace can carry all the uncertainty and risk that betting on the next card in the deck does at a blackjack table in Las Vegas. There is a factor of randomness that must be factored in, but precisely how to do so is anyone's guess.

If I was a gold-digger, I would have a lot of money in my bank account. I'd be worth millions and millions.

In February of 1972, a snowstorm blew into Kansas City, and I decided to hitchhike to California. The roads were icy, snowflakes howling, and nobody would drive me to the highway, so I humped through the snow and ice and caught a ride with a concerned cop to the Kansas Turnpike.

I've never chased fame. I came into this business to be a theatre actress. I was nine when I first appeared on stage. But I can't say I would turn my back on fortune. I'm someone who enjoys the benefits of money.