Carlos Mencia Quotes

You'd have to get my money out of my cold dead hand before I gambled it away.

I think there's something in the human psyche that we're titillated by the person who flies too close to the candle and their wings get singed.

For a while, I had this uncontrollable urge - this addiction to danger. Now I look back and I think, 'Gee, what an idiot. I was risking my life just for the sensation of it.'

Yeah man, they call gambling a disease, but it's the only disease where you can win a bunch of money.

He hesitated till the last moment, but finally dropped them in the box, saying, "I shall win!"--the cry of a gambler, the cry of the great general, the compulsive cry that has ruined more men than it has ever saved.

It's an addictive thing. It's not so much I like to go win, but it's a rush.

I have a perverse attraction to risk. Not physical risk but emotional, financial risk - anything than can't kill you immediately.

Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I've been winning fortunes, and I've been losing them.

Anything you can do in excess for the wrong reasons is exciting to me.

There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack.

I live to feel myself in danger.

I will admit that I purposely stress myself out. But I think I like stressing myself out. There's a glamour to, like, 'I've got to get to the airport!' I just like the caricature.

Gamble until you die. I do not really care.

Of course I gamble, to make the games interesting. But five hundred dollars a game, tops. Or sometimes a thousand. No heart attack bets.

I have no interest in jumping out of an airplane or any of the things people do for thrills, to push their limits and all that. To me, that seems foolish, and there's no point.

I went broke after sophomore year, gambled away all my money, sold some guns, turned $750 into $10,000, flew to Vegas, turned ten thou into $187,000.

I was living a dangerous life before I started boxing.

I was kind of wild. I enjoyed myself as a young man. I was moving 100 miles per hour - on and off the field.

I like to fly close to the edge. I like to play with fire.

Most gamblers do it for ego. It's not about winning or losing, it's about challenging your ego and showing your mates you're fearless and will bet on anything.

I can't see myself doing something as astonishing as jumping of a chopper. I find it stupid.

I do like a bit of danger. Guns, cars, running, bullets. I'm up for it.

I think that's when I have the most fun: when things are on the line.

Sometimes you got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It's called fun.

Sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind but falling in love and not getting arrested.