Quotes about Vegas

Man, I really like Vegas. Votes: 8

No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling. Votes: 8

I like Vegas for its spontaneity. Votes: 6

Hatred is not what Las Vegas is about. Votes: 6

I work a lot, and not just in Las Vegas. Votes: 6

I started a big part of my career in Vegas. Votes: 6

For a loser, Vegas is the meanest town on earth. Votes: 6

I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas. Votes: 6

Las Vegas without Wayne Newton is like Disneyland without Mickey Mouse. Votes: 6

Las Vegas looks the way you'd imagine heaven must look at night. Votes: 6

Everytime I go to Vegas, I seem to incur some kind of fine. Votes: 6

I lost $35,000 in less than a week at the Mirage in Las Vegas. Votes: 6

I have never taken a road trip. Unless you count Los Angeles to Vegas. Votes: 6

A weekend in Vegas without gambling and drinking is just like being a born-again Christian. Votes: 6

I had a great time doing Vegas. It's just that it takes a lot of time. Votes: 6

No, there are some location shoots in Vegas, maybe four trips a year. It's shot in Santa Clarita, CA. Votes: 6

It is not easy to get rich in Las Vegas, at Churchill Downs, or at the local Merrill Lynch office. Votes: 6

Vegas is everything that's right with America. You can do whatever you want, 24 hours a day. They've effectively legalized everything there. Votes: 6

Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas. Votes: 6

Nevada's one of the most conservative states in the Union, but you can do what you want in Vegas and nobody judges you. Votes: 6

In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number. Votes: 6

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. Votes: 6

I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it. Votes: 6

Las Vegas is a 24-hour city. It never stops. Votes: 4

I'm not a crazy Vegas guy. I'm not a gambler. Votes: 4

I shouldn't be near Vegas and have money in my pocket. Votes: 4

I'm not a big fan of cold weather; that's why I moved to Vegas! Votes: 4

What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you. Votes: 4

Las Vegas is a beautiful place. I like it more and more and plan to be here often. It's a great place for chess. Votes: 4

We're all living in a casino. It's just Vegas. Everything is on camera. Everything is being recorded. Everything is on audio. The truth is we all have access to everybody else's information. Votes: 4

I only ever play Vegas one night at a time. It's a hideous, gaudy place; it may not be the end of the world per se, but you can certainly see it from there. Votes: 4

I met Elvis first in Las Vegas. I think I was appearing with Tom Jones and he came backstage to say hello to Tom or we went to his dressing room to say hello. Votes: 4

The reason we shot it was that the script was geared to Las Vegas and it was something commercial that we wanted to have in the can in case Butterfly was a success and we needed a follow-up. Votes: 4

Burnout comes easy in the high-pressure world of television, and when the opportunity arose to move to Las Vegas and bring my friends and star chefs to open their restaurants at the Venetian, I made the move here. Votes: 4

We shot 'Delusion' in the middle of the desert and outside of Las Vegas where they did those underground nuclear bomb testings. So I only ate oysters and drank coffee because I didn't want to turn into a mutant. Votes: 4

In Zurich, in a cafe overlooking the Limmat, I ate butter-drenched white asparagus pulled from the ground that morning; it had the aftertaste of champagne. I've been able to appreciate epic meals in San Francisco, New Orleans, Berlin, Paris, Las Vegas. Votes: 4

I think that Vegas is one of the wildest places I've ever been to. You can look to your left and there's a drag queen getting married by Elvis, to the right there is some old bird sticking quarters into a slot machine for hours. Votes: 4

People are always asking, 'Where does Michael Pennington end and Johnny Vegas begin,' and you're going, 'It's not like that: it's blurred right across.' Votes: 4

Vegas is a celebration. Votes: 3

Vegas will always be Vegas. Votes: 3

Disneyland is Vegas for children. Votes: 3

There's just no quiet in Vegas. Votes: 3

I love performing in Las Vegas. Votes: 3

What happens in Vegas, I'm telling everyone. Votes: 3

But Vegas is really my first home. Votes: 3

In Las Vegas, nothing ends very well. Votes: 3

We'd just released a zebra in Las Vegas. Votes: 3

Las Vegas was such a teeny, tiny place. Votes: 3

I love Vegas. It's like going to Disneyland. Votes: 3

Las Vegas is the boiling pot of entertainment. Votes: 3

I actually get more conservative when I'm in Vegas. Votes: 3

My Vegas act is how I make my money. Votes: 3

Branson, Missouri, is Vegas for people with no teeth. Votes: 3

Las Vegas is a SimCity game gone horribly wrong. Votes: 3

Driving to Vegas is awesome... Driving home From Vegas sucks. Votes: 3

Las Vegas is the savage heart of the American Dream. Votes: 3

I only ever play Vegas one night at a time. Votes: 3

Las Vegas turns women into men and men into idiots. Votes: 3

I've played a lot in Las Vegas in my life. Votes: 3

Las Vegas is the most honest fake city in the world. Votes: 3

I have a very warm spot in my heart for Vegas. Votes: 3

I've never been to Vegas, but I've gambled all my life. Votes: 3

I'm very happy with how Jaleo in Las Vegas came together. Votes: 3

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas - except the drone. Votes: 3

Las Vegas: It was not cafe society, it was Nescafe society Votes: 3

Las Vegas makes Reno seem like your friendly neighborhood grocery store. Votes: 3

KISS is Las Vegas entertainment. A musician doesn't need the mask. Votes: 3

I don't like Las Vegas. I'd rather be mountain biking or climbing. Votes: 3

Vegas means comedy, tragedy, happiness and sadness all at the same time. Votes: 3

Nobody realizes that Mormons were the first Americans to settle Las Vegas. Votes: 3

Why can't you just get married in Las Vegas like normal Americans? Votes: 3

I've never gambled a dime. Never, in all my years in Vegas. Votes: 3

I think men like the boobie shows. Vegas will always be Vegas. Votes: 3

Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Votes: 3

Being from Iowa, I can tell you that Vegas is not normal. Votes: 3

I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians. Votes: 3

Las Vegas, New Mexico has had a lot of great movies shot there. Votes: 3

I grew up in Denver, Colorado. After high school I went to Vegas Votes: 3

Las Vegas is a very strange place. It's a place of broken dreams. Votes: 3

I grew up in Denver, Colorado. After high school I went to Vegas. Votes: 3

I like the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas more than the actual one. Votes: 3

Every few months I'll pop into a comedy club or go to Vegas. Votes: 3

Bangkok, like Las Vegas, sounds like a place where you make bad decisions. Votes: 3

[On Las Vegas:] I love that town. No clocks. No locks. No restrictions. Votes: 3

I saw my true power. The darkest power. The greatest power. ~Jaime Vegas Votes: 3

Las Vegas is the only place I know where money really talks--it says, Goodbye. Votes: 3

I think people under age 55 come to Vegas with a certain sense of irony. Votes: 3

Capitalism is a warrior culture, a hierarchical mode, and Las Vegas is its epitome. Votes: 3

I love Las Vegas because it's the one city less classy than Los Angeles. Votes: 3

If you know how to live in Vegas you can have the best time. Votes: 3

I sometimes think of Las Vegas as the Jerusalem of chance. A holy city. Votes: 3

I have never taken a road trip. Unless you count Los Angeles to Vegas. Votes: 3

I have a new saying, what I see in Vegas, I am telling everybody. Votes: 3

I'd love to do a show in Vegas with drag queens. The tackier the better. Votes: 3

[Las Vegas in the early 1960] was thrilling, exciting... I would describe it as very Parisian. Votes: 3

Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of America's brittle and mutating id. Votes: 3

Las Vegas is a resort whose two chief sources of income are seven and eleven. Votes: 3

Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of Americas brittle and mutating id. Votes: 3

Nothing screws up a séance like the appearance of a real ghost. ~Jaime Vegas Votes: 3

The Obama 'stimulus' plan is a $1 trillion dollar gamble more suited to Las Vegas than Washington. Votes: 3

Nuh-uh. No deals with the devil. I’ve learned my lesson on that one. ~Jaime Vegas Votes: 3

I came to Vegas because I work 20 days a month here; I couldn't live anywhere else. Votes: 3

I think that people who have Vegas throat are people who sing from their throats only. Votes: 3

I love coming to Las Vegas. I've always loved it and always had a good time. Votes: 3

I was signed to MGM. I was in Vegas for sixteen weeks at the Sands Hotel. Votes: 3

Secretly, I had always wanted to go to Vegas, and have my own really bad act! Votes: 3

The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island. Votes: 3

No one thinks Las Vegas is real; it is illusion, but visitors willingly suspend disbelief and pretend. Votes: 3

The casinos are walking out of states with at least $1 billion in their pockets to Las Vegas Votes: 3

If you wait too long in Vegas, you end up with a chicken finger in your underwear. Votes: 3

I worry about Las Vegas schools. I hear in math, they only teach them to count to 21. Votes: 3

My road trips have been to Vegas, but you know, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Votes: 3

I was born out of a Vegas marriage: My parents got married three days after they met. Votes: 3

I did my time for the rape. I paid my money to Las Vegas. I paid my dues. Votes: 3

I've seen men in $5,000 suits urinate in public fountains here. Las Vegas is the best place on earth. Votes: 3

You can take the girl out of Vegas, but you can't take the Vegas out of the girl. Votes: 3

I have added a lot. There's some Vegas stuff and hotel stuff and a whole chunk on health. Votes: 3

I mean, what do you do in Las Vegas? You gamble - and you go to strip clubs. Votes: 3

A Mafia guy in Vegas gave me this advice: 'Run your own race, put on your blinders.' Votes: 3

Hatred is not what Las Vegas is about. We will have zero tolerance for anyone who is intolerant. Votes: 3

We get an apartment together, and after a whirlwind courtship you marry my sister and honeymoon in Vegas. Votes: 3

I got married in Vegas on Warped Tour on July 4 - that's how crazy my life has been. Votes: 3

If New Vegas foretells something about America's future, then the culture wars are all but over, and culture lost. Votes: 3

When I first went to Vegas, there were just high-rollers and gamblers and the wise guys treated you great. Votes: 3

I have always loved Las Vegas. It's a traditional place for lounge comics to perform, and I love that. Votes: 3

In 2009, I began creating 'Waterworks' with the new vernacular coming from the 'Signs of Life' work in Las Vegas. Votes: 3

While I was busy hating Vegas, and hiding from Vegas, a funny thing happened. I grew to love Vegas. Votes: 3

I would like to expand my brand to include destinations in Vegas and also become an entertainment news correspondent. Votes: 3

I love Vegas. God knows that I know how to find my way around the buffets in Las Vegas. Votes: 3

It's good to see that America has a hub for electronic music in Vegas, like Europe has with Ibiza. Votes: 3

If what happens in Las Vegas is supposed to stay in Las Vegas, how did Harry Reid get out? Votes: 3

Most people think of Las Vegas, and they think of extravagance. But it's really a mix between fantasy and laziness. Votes: 3

Sure, we loaned money to build hotels and casinos in Las Vegas. So what? Las Vegas borrowers were good customers. Votes: 3

When I was in Vegas women were throwing their hotel keys at me. But it was after they checked out. Votes: 3

Las Vegas, Nevada: A city where oddities don't make you lame, But instead bring you riches and fortune and fame. Votes: 3

I come home every weekend and I still can't believe I represent Las Vegas in Congress. It's such a kick. Votes: 3

Never let the church become a place where it's just a Las Vegas display place for you to show off. Votes: 3

Statistical high Vegas odds probability is that nothing of any significance will ever happen to you in your entire boring life. Votes: 3

Last Vegas is a counterfeit version of the New Jerusalem. And it shares something of the glorious reality that it mocks. Votes: 3

I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from. Votes: 3

It is not economic development; it's about taking money out of the consumer economy and shipping it off to Las Vegas Votes: 3

Las Vegas is still socially sanctioned deviance. Its brand is just more comfortable to more Americans than it used to be. Votes: 3

Noting his mother's visit to Las Vegas the weekend before she died. She got to go to heaven four days early. Votes: 3

I won $100,000 in Vegas, which buys furniture for my beach house. That takes nerves. You can't think if I'm wrong I'll blow $30,000. Votes: 3

Vegas; one of the few places still encouraging men in their fifties to dress like their in a boy-band from the 80's. Votes: 3

I'll tell you how to beat the gambling in Las Vegas. When you get off the airplane, walk right into the propeller. Votes: 3

Vegas represents the idea of America I had as a kid. The big cars, the pretty girls; everything is possible in Vegas. Votes: 3

People do stupid things in the heat of the moment. I've been in Vegas where I've gotten married for, like, five minutes. Votes: 3

Vegas is purposefully constructed as a self-enclosed and isolated biosphere, sort of what a recreational colony built on the moon might be like. Votes: 3

I miss the personalization that Vegas was - there were showroom captains and all the dealers knew the gamblers by their first names. Votes: 3

I've always thought of this city as Disneyland for adults. ... There's no danger of Las Vegas expiring from an excess of good taste. Votes: 3

With no pretensions of art, Viva Las Vegas, the new Elvis Presley vehicle, is about as pleasant and unimportant as a Banana Split. Votes: 3

Vegas is the most extreme and allegorical of American settlements, bizarre and beautiful in its venality and in its devotion to immediate gratification. Votes: 3

I miss the personalization that Vegas was - there were showroom captains and all the dealers knew the gamblers by their first names." Votes: 3

I love seafood. Whenever I'm in Las Vegas, I love going to the Bellagio buffet because they have these great king crab legs. Votes: 3

What strikes me as funny about Elvis is that all the impersonators choose to do the Vegas Elvis, not the young, cool guy... Votes: 3

I lurched away from the table after a few hours feeling like Elvis in Vegas - fat, drugged, and completely out of it. Votes: 3

You know how they say, 'What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas?' What happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic. Votes: 3

It seems strange to say this, but it is true: Coming back to Vegas to work is like going on vacation for me. Votes: 3

Investing is like waiting for paint dry and grass grow so. If you like fun, let handle 800 USD and headed to Las Vegas Votes: 3

I love Las Vegas. I like that Las Vegas has everything. Everything and anything you want to do, you can do in Las Vegas. Votes: 3

Bailing out people who made ill-advised mortgages makes no more sense that bailing out people who lost their life savings in Las Vegas casinos. Votes: 3

I think on a bucket list for a performer is definitely doing a stage show, whether it's in Vegas or on Broadway or whatever. Votes: 3

I'd rather be in Las Vegas 104 degrees than New York 90 degrees, you know why? Legalized prostitution. In any weather that takes the edge off. Votes: 3

The thing about making a documentary in Las Vegas is there isn't much to film apart from other people making documentaries about Las Vegas. Votes: 3

I was just in Las Vegas, where prostitution is legal. Which is a relief because I live in Los Angeles, where it is mandatory. Votes: 3

Las Vegas and I both grew up together, and all of a sudden I was doing things that no performer had ever done before. Votes: 3

And the bad guys love to pick on the defenseless necromancer. This time, though, I swear I won’t get kidnapped or possessed. ~Jaime Vegas Votes: 3

In Las Vegas, people know that the odds are stacked against them. On Wall Street, they manipulate the odds while you are playing the game. Votes: 3

Many a man who goes to Las Vegas to get away from it all soon finds that Las Vegas gets it all away from him. Votes: 3

I believe what makes cooking in Las Vegas different from cooking in most other cities are the guests that dine with you in Las Vegas. Votes: 3

I've been able to go on and have a successful career on Broadway and certainly the last five years in Las Vegas have been amazing. Votes: 3

Because I can go to Vegas and make the money I do, I'm able to spend a lot more time producing music that I love. Votes: 3

The only thing constant is change, we keep going through it not only in Las Vegas but in every part of our business and culture Votes: 3

Yeah, Vegas is the number one place to go. Vegas is Sin City. It really gives you a feeling of looseness and anything can go. Votes: 3

I come from a duo, actually, quite literally. My parents are Linda and Eddie, and they had an act in Vegas called 'Love's Way.' Votes: 3

I live in Las Vegas with my family, and I never realized what my parents would go through to get me to a five-minute audition. Votes: 3

A little bit of this town goes a very long way. After five days in Vegas you feel like you've been here for five years. Votes: 3

I was born and raised in Las Vegas, and then I left there to go to the University of Evansville where I majored in theatre. Votes: 3

Disney is one of the best hotel companies in the world. Yet they have never and will never open a casino on the Vegas strip. Votes: 3

I was always obsessed with other performers doing their thing, and Britney 'Live in Las Vegas' from 2001 is my absolute favorite tour DVD of all time. Votes: 3

I've had some really, really wild fun nights in Vegas. I ended up on stage once with this band, The Digital Underground, doing the Humpty Dance. Votes: 3

With everything it has to offer, Las Vegas is an obvious destination for tourists, as proven by the over 40 million visitors the city welcomes per year. Votes: 3

The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night. Votes: 3

Any artist who goes to Las Vegas is an idiot as far as I am concerned. Whoever goes to Las Vegas can stay in Las Vegas. Votes: 3

I met Evan Rachel Wood, James Woods, Kevin Bacon at Sundance. Steve Buscemi is pretty laid-back. I met Judy Greer in Vegas, and she was cool. Votes: 3

Guests love to be 'wowed' in Las Vegas. They enjoy and embrace new tastes, new flavors, and they come to expect the unexpected in Las Vegas. Votes: 3

The difference between Las Vegas and Atlantic City is the difference between getting conned by a beautiful call girl and getting mugged by a crack head. Votes: 3

Ay Rios, you want to fight at 140? We can fight at 140. You're chubby, I just seen you in Vegas, you were chubby, your ears were chubby. Votes: 3

I moved from Minnesota to Las Vegas when I was 13, so I spent my high school years there and did some things I'm not proud of. Votes: 3

I did Nancy Sinatra in Vegas a number of times, and then the Sinatra family, when we did Frankie and the Muppets. Big show in Vegas. Votes: 3

Las Vegas is a city of kickbacks. A desert city of greased palms. A place where a $20 bill can buy approval, a $100 bill adulation and $1,000 canonization. Votes: 3

I think Vegas is the answer for pregnant people because of insomnia. It's open all the time and you go down and play your silly slots. Votes: 3

I really love Las Vegas. It's, like, my favorite place to be. I love to DJ out there. It is the place to be as a DJ. Votes: 3

I really love Las Vegas. Its, like, my favorite place to be. I love to DJ out there. It is the place to be as a DJ. Votes: 3

Vegas is great, isn't it, man? This is the greatest place on Earth. Lookit; you have everything you could want; adult movies...this is a nice neighborhood! Votes: 3

Marriage is a big deal, but who's to say I'm not going to pull a Vegas and get married to see what it's like for a minute? Votes: 3

The first thing I think of when I think about coming to Las Vegas and playing is always Elvis; its always the first thing on my mind. Votes: 3

The nice thing about 'Honeymoon in Vegas' is we're not talking about some crazy smash hit where everyone is coming and comparing my performance to Nicholas Cage. Votes: 3

Vegas is like the old definition of writing: though I don't enjoy writing, I love having written. Though I didn't enjoy Vegas, I love having lived there. Votes: 3

I went to high school with girls that would daydream about what strip club they wanted to work at. That's one of the sad things about Vegas. Votes: 3

I'm not Vegas. Places I play usually cost like $3 to get in, you know, and people are going: Gee, I've got $3, I think I'll throw it away. Votes: 3

For the message of television as metaphor is not only that all the world is a stage but that the stage is located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Votes: 3

Las Vegas is incredible. Either you love it or you're a classy person with morals. I fall into the former category. It's definitely bled into my writing. Votes: 3

Las Vegas is the therapeutic ethos of our time run amok, our socio-psychological promise to ourselves to be eternally young writ large on the landscape of aging self-indulgence. Votes: 3

I don't really go out much at all. But there are times when I'm like, 'I gotta get out.' Then we go to Vegas, and we'll gamble. Votes: 3

Running a casino is like robbing a bank with no cops around. For guys like me, Las Vegas washes away your sins. It's like a morality car wash. Votes: 3

I've learned a lot about putting a show up in Vegas. You can't just all of a sudden put up a show here and do well. Nobody does. Votes: 3

It's funny how many people will come to Vegas to see your show where they might not come out to see you unless you come to their hometown. Votes: 3

Retirement is like a long vacation in Las Vegas. The goal is to enjoy it to the fullest, but not so fully that you run out of money. Votes: 3

I believe in Las Vegas. I think its best days are ahead of it. But I'm afraid to do anything in the current political environment in the United States. Votes: 3

Last time I was sick, the guy I was seeing brought me a bottle of ginger ale… and expected me to pay him back for it. ~Jaime Vegas Votes: 3

I don't know what happened to architecture [in Las-Vegas] I think they're getting us ready for space colonies or something, nobody puts a window in that you can crack. Votes: 3

I got a hotel room at New York New York in Las Vegas and I was very happy. They've got that rollercoaster encircling the entire premises, just like Manhattan. Votes: 3

When i play in Las Vegas I play for money, when I play in Miami I play for holidays but when I play in #India I play for Love Votes: 3

For a degenerate like me, Vegas is like a walk down memory lane. Last time I went to Vegas, I went to my old coke dealer's kid's bar mitzvah. Votes: 3

Las Vegas was and is a hard town that will make you pay for your inability to restrain your desires.... If you have a weakness, Las Vegas will punish you. Votes: 3

And actually, about three weeks ago, Micky, Peter and I were in Vegas at the MGM Grand. And we did about 12 shows in seven days. It was quite an experience. Votes: 3

I didn't much like Las Vegas. The noise of the place and the whole 24-hour, 'let's play the slot machines all night' culture of the place just left me cold. Votes: 3

The success of one market model cannot be migrated to another. Ignoring Macau's special characteristics and duplicating a Las Vegas or an Atlantic City would not be a successful strategy. Votes: 3

I was booked into the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas with three other comedians. We all were using the Riviera in-house shampoo, so we all had equal shine and bounce. Votes: 3

I used to go to Vegas and play the horses, and then I realised how ridiculous that was. There is no winning in gambling, but there is on the stock market. Votes: 3

In Las Vegas, the magnitude is impressive, but the humanity is gone. It feels like you're being intimidated out of your money instead of inviting you to come have this experience. Votes: 3

If Yucca Mountain had not been designated as a dumpsite for radioactive waste in 1987, it might easily have become a scenic overlook on the long drive between Tonopah and Las Vegas. Votes: 3

Las Vegas is the boxing capital. During a Floyd Mayweather fight weekend, you can shop, party, stay out late and do anything you want. The city of Las Vegas has everything. Votes: 3

I've been married before, but I've never had my dream wedding in Vegas. I wanted to do it there because it's casual, quick, not religious and, most of all, very romantic. Votes: 3

One of the first lessons a necromancer learns is the art of playing dumb. Of course, one problem with playing dumb is that is seeps into your everyday life. ~Jaime Vegas Votes: 3

Las Vegas is a society of armed masturbators/gambling is the kicker here/sex is extra/weird trip for high rollers ... house-whores for winners, hand jobs for the bad luck crowd. Votes: 3

Incredibly, almost every hotel I ever played in Vegas was blown up shortly afterward: The Dunes, The Sands, The Landmark, The Aladdin, The Frontier, The Hacienda, The Stardust - all were imploded. Votes: 3

Im probably one of the worst people with numbers youve ever met. My brothers always kid that they think Im counting cards in Vegas, but Im just trying to add things up. Votes: 3

I live in Vegas, and I see people by the side of the road with cardboard signs who seem like they might have tried that spending their way out of debt thing. Votes: 3

I was three years old. I was messing with my grandparents' dog in Las Vegas, and he decided to pick me up by my head and run around the backyard with me. Votes: 3

[On Las Vegas:] ... The City That Never Sleeps. The City That Sins and Smiles and Lives On the Edge. The city where vices become virtues, become what everyone is here to do. Votes: 3

Our [western] culture embraces sex addiction. If I drink too much or rack up credit-card debt or lose the rent in Vegas, that's bad. But if I have many lovers, that's good. Votes: 3

I love heavy music, but you see, I had fallen in love with a radio station in Vegas that played nothing but Eighties music. That had a real profound impact on me. Votes: 3

Foreign policy is a little bit like a guy who goes to Las Vegas. If you win too much, then you eventually bet the mortgage. You start to think you are infallible. Votes: 3

Well, I quite like animals, but theyre unpredictable. I mean, look at old whats-his-name in Vegas. Tiger dragged him off the stage, you know? The guy brought up tigers. Theyre quite unpredictable. Votes: 3

President Obama flew to a rally in Las Vegas last night. However, he did not visit any of the casinos. You know why? When you're $16 trillion in debt, they don't let you in. Votes: 3

This is the first adventure I’ve survived without being kidnapped, attacked, knocked unconscious or possessed by evil spirits. A ripped blouse? Ruined skirt? Bad hair? I’d call this progress. ~Jaime Vegas Votes: 3

I met the man of my dreams at a gym, and then we got married in Vegas - because we're classy. When you meet at a gym, where else do you get married? Votes: 3

North Vegas is where you go if you're a hooker turning forty and the syndicate men on the strip decide you're no longer much good for business out there with the high rollers. Votes: 3

It makes sense - you wanna gather a lot of people together, and Vegas really does that well. New York can, but you know the hassles. I've lived there. It's an entirely different beast. Votes: 3

In Vegas, everyone lets their hair down a little bit and it's a little looser. You expect to see some different stuff and hear some different stuff. Even the red carpet is different here. Votes: 3

Big productions, to me, are great - like, I love going to Vegas and seeing shows - but I think that sometimes it's distracting, especially when you are there to listen to the music. Votes: 3

The thing about Vegas is, I don't have to fly anywhere, and that really helps. It means I stay in one place for three weeks at a time instead of flying backwards and forwards. Votes: 3

If we want money we’ll go to Las Vegas, if we want an after party we’ll go to Miami but if we want to play for love, we still come to India! Votes: 3

I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is. Votes: 3

I used to collect hockey cards. It was like Vegas at my school. You'd go to school with your box of cards, and at recess and lunchtime there were all these games we'd play. Votes: 3

I'll watch the kids play, have a big steak with my friends, stay in a nice hotel, sign a lot of autographs, then go back to Vegas and tell my alumni how tough recruiting is. Votes: 3

George Klein says that Elvis had five real friends outside of his circle, and I was blessed to be one of them. I spent a lot of time with Elvis in Vegas and at Graceland. Votes: 3

I don't want to be a rock star all my life. I couldn't bear to end up like Elvis Presley in Las Vegas with all those housewives and old ladies coming in with their handbags Votes: 3

I could shave my head and wear a sackcloth and still get a whole lot of ghostly wrong numbers. Makes me wonder if there’s some kind of ghost-necro porn industry down there. ~Jaime Vegas Votes: 3

When I played with Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings in Vegas, the guys used to go, 'Dick, cut it out, man! You're moving around too much on this stage. You're making us look bad!' Votes: 3

There is always a sneer in Las Vegas. The mountains around it sneer. The desert sneers. And arrogant in the middle of its wide valley, dominating those diligent sprawling suburbs, the downtown city sneers like anything. Votes: 3

Back in the eighties, people thought a vegan was someone from Vegas. It's a different world now and I feel lucky to have been a part of the revolution, both for animal rights and gay rights. Votes: 3

I could've always worked shows, clubs, Las Vegas and Atlantic City, but I was successful in business ventures, and things weren't happening in show business, so I said, 'Let me see what I can do.' Votes: 3

And the lesson is that I should always wear these, so no one asks me to do anything crazy like climb onto a roof. ~Jaime Vegas on why she wears three inch heels on a mission Votes: 3

I never thought electronic music would get as popular in America as it has. When I first came to Vegas in 2009 for my residency - we were they only people playing electronic music at that time. Votes: 3

I've been in Vegas. That's where you get into the money thing. Boy, you get greedy in Vegas, you know. That's the only place that you can bet $25, get it up to $500 and refuse to quit. Votes: 3

In 'Honeymoon in Vegas,' after Nicolas Cage tells his fiancee that he's given her away to pay for his gambling debts, she gets into a tizzy as if she were a 6-year-old. I couldn't believe it. Votes: 3

My 2005 calendar we actually did a shoot in Lake Las Vegas. Since I had requests do some swimwear and athletic shots we tried them and they came out good so we inserted them into the new calendar. Votes: 3

Some guys are more worried about their Vegas trip at the end of the season than playing the games, than playing every minute of the games. Quite frankly, I don't care about your Vegas trip right now. Votes: 3

Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect, one can see that certain films, let's say Leaving Las Vegas, demonstrated its own success. Votes: 3

Actually, I was born in Las Vegas. My parents moved to Utah when I was eight because, after 40 years in Vegas, they were tired of it. We ended up in Nephi, a really small town in Utah. Votes: 3

It's like a crapshoot in Las Vegas, except in Las Vegas the odds are with the house. As for the market, the odds are with you, because on average over the long run, the market has paid off. Votes: 3

Area 51 is located in southern Nevada desert about 75 miles north of Las Vegas. It's set inside a greater land parcel that's about the size of the state of Connecticut that's called the 'Nevada Test and Training Range.' Votes: 3

New tracks like Las Vegas, hell, you could drive off the end of that track and continue safely 20 miles into the desert. But there's not a day goes by I don't think of Scott [Kalitta]. It's still traumatic. Votes: 3

If Britney Spears can party it up in Vegas with one of her boys and go get married on a whim and annul her marriage the next day, why can't a loving same sex couple tie the knot? Votes: 3

With the development of the web everything is instantaneous. Everything is about how quick you can get it. So with online gambling you don't have to travel to Vegas, Atlantic City, or anywhere in the world to gamble. Votes: 3

Let's not mince words: the inside of the Sydney casino looks as if Vegas had an illegitimate child with Liberace's underpants, and that child fell down a staircase and hit its head on the edge of a spade. Votes: 3

The ultimate weapon isn't this plague out in Vegas, or any new super H-bomb. The ultimate weapon has always existed. Every man, every woman, and every child owns it. It's the ability to say No and take the consequences. Votes: 3

Behind The Candelabra' is an HBO movie. It's the Liberace story. Michael Douglass and Matt Damon. I play a small part in it. I play a choreographer who introduces, brings Matt Damon to Las Vegas for the first time. Votes: 3

Las Vegas is Everymans cut-rate Babylon. Not far away there is, or was, a roadside lunch counter and over it a sign proclaiming in three words that a Roman emperors orgy is now a democratic institution. Topless Pizza Lunch. Votes: 3

In Las Vegas we all know that it's the croupiers who win. At the race track, it's those who control the handle who win. State lotteries, does anybody think the participants in the lottery win? No. The state wins. Votes: 3

The last time I appeared in Las Vegas, they were wearing hoop skirts and Davy Crockett hats, ... But they say 'What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.' And as far as fashion is concerned, that's a good thing. Votes: 3

I love Las Vegas. I like that Las Vegas has everything. Everything and anything you want to do, you can do in Las Vegas. You can pretty much do it all day and all night if you want to. Votes: 3

I had a big troupe, a big army and it was a lot of fun. And, after 10 years of that, I just decided that I wanted to travel and do special dates. I go to Las Vegas these days. Votes: 3

I saw money change votes.I mean, they just seem unaware of this, that money is something - if they want to see the appearance of corruption, all they had to do was look in Las Vegas last weekend. Votes: 3

When I went to college at the University of Nevada back in Las Vegas, I got tricked into singing in choir. The first thing we did was the Mozart 'Requiem.' That was the piece that changed my life overnight. Votes: 3

So, you know, if, if I wanted to get up and just play golf one day, I would just get up and play golf. If I wanted to go to Vegas, I would just get up and go to Vegas. Votes: 3

We met in an airport in Las Vegas, Harrison Ford and I, and he said, "I just finished a movie called 42. I play Branch Rickey. There's this kid in it playing Jackie Robinson. I think it's a pretty good movie." Votes: 3

The guys have a lot of good cars built up. We're going to do some more testing before we go back to Las Vegas and try to win at Vegas again. We need to get off to a quick start. Votes: 3

I shoot for 'Extra' three times a week, and that's great for Las Vegas, too. In addition to interviewing stars who are here for shows, parties and premieres, I'll also get peoples' reactions to different news items and topical gossip. Votes: 3

I am proud to be in Los Angeles. I have a lot of fans that love me here. When you talk about the Meccas of boxing - Las Vegas, New York - now you have to talk about Los Angeles. Votes: 3

Viva Las Vegas with your neon flashin' and your one arm bandits crashin' all those hopes down the drain. Viva Las Vegas turnin' day into nighttime, turnin night into daytime. If you see it once, you'll never be the same again. Votes: 3

You know how most illnesses have symptoms you can recognize? Like fever, upset stomach, chills, whatever. Well, with manic depression, it's sexual promiscuity, excessive spending, and substance abuse - and that just sounds like a fantastic weekend in Vegas to me! Votes: 3

I would visit Vegas every year when I was a kid. Vegas, to a kid, is a playground, as much as it is to adults. I discovered the magic store in a hotel and would spend hours and hours in there. Votes: 3

Let’s just say that being able to contact ghosts makes for some very interesting ménages á trios… and ménages á quartre, and ménages á … whatever five is in French. ~Jaime Vegas Votes: 3

The food was so good that with each passing course, our conversation devolved further into fragmented celebrations of its deliciousness: 'I want this dragon carrot risotto to become a person so I can take it to Las Vegas and marry it. Votes: 3

Odds are you're going to like this lively spin on the true story of six MIT mathletes who broke the Vegas Bank. It's a kick to watch Kevin Spacey and a gifted young cast use smarts to deal audiences a winning hand. Votes: 3

Presidents and presidential assassins are like Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Even though one city is all about sin and the other is all about salvation, they are identical, one-dimensional company towns built up by the sheer will of true believers. Votes: 3

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is perfect in the same way that The Great Gatsby is perfect. Take a pencil and read these books, looking for something that doesn't sound right, something you'd want to change. You'll leave the page untouched. Votes: 3

Hillary Clinton made a campaign stop in Las Vegas yesterday. She said she wants citizenship for undocumented immigrants. But after seeing Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo yesterday, immigrants said, 'You know what, we're good. We're gonna head back now. We had enough.' Votes: 3

I don't like working in a studio, at all. I just prefer to be on location, rather than hearing the bells of the studio going off. It's like being in Las Vegas, where no one knows the time and there are no windows. Votes: 3

If you ever go to Las Vegas, and you will, just go for a few days. I was there recently for seven days, seven days in Vegas. After I blew all my money on gambling and prostitution, I had six days to kill. Votes: 3

There's a great deal of disturbance in this country and how black feel about what happened in Katrina, and, you know, many of the comics, many of performers are in Las Vegas and New Orleans trying to raise money for what happened there. Votes: 3

You have in Vegas the most heterogeneous audience you're gonna get anywhere in the country. In Boston, Chicago, Miami, you know who goes to the theater. In Vegas, you have people who only see one theater show a year, and it's in Vegas. Votes: 3

There's a great deal of disturbance in this country and how black feel about what happened in Katrina, and, you know, many of the comics, many of performers are in Las Vegas and New Orleans trying to raise money for what happened there Votes: 3

Housing was ground zero for the Great Recession. Between early 2006 and Obama's inauguration in 2009, average house prices fell by a third across the country. In certain areas, including cities as diverse as Akron, Orlando and Las Vegas, house prices fell by more than half. Votes: 3

I love the live performances and Las Vegas. I also like making films that are being discovered by another generation. Having been a teen idol of the '60s is great because you realize you left your generation with a smile and good memories. Votes: 3

They are preserving the sanctity of marriage, so that two gay men who've been together for twenty-five years can't get married, but a guy can still get drunk in Vegas and marry a hooker at the Elvis chapel! The sanctity of marriage is saved! Votes: 3

I'm a Sagittarian, see, I can't be fenced in. I been living in Las Vegas, greatest city in the world. I look out my window for 100 miles. In Vegas, there's nothing to do but gamble, drink or have sex. I have two of 'em. Votes: 3

I think it’d be disgraceful if a chap wasn’t allowed to have a bit of fun in Las Vegas. The real scandal would be if you went all the way to Las Vegas and you didn’t misbehave in some trivial way. Votes: 3

The great thing about working with NPR - and, really, there's like a million of 'em - is all the cool stuff I get to do for the public. Meet the president. Hang out at the National Finals Rodeo in Vegas. Drink a $10,000 martini. Votes: 3

TV tends to be like, if you're lucky, it's like Las Vegas. You can't get out. There's always another pitch meeting. They keep you on the casino floor. If I'm unlucky, if I'm lucky enough to be unlucky, I would love to write a movie. Votes: 3

My father was an insurance man and a small-time gambler. He was a good man, but he had an eye for the racehorses, and I saw how it used to bother my mother. I've never gambled a dime. Never, in all those years in Vegas. Votes: 3

I love San Francisco; it's very hard to compete with San Francisco when it comes to availability of product, but one thing you can't replace about Las Vegas or Miami is people are walking in the door and they want to have a good time. Votes: 3

When I lived in Las Vegas, I was meeting everybody: Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones - we won't go there - but all these people that were working in Vegas a million years ago, way before I was Elvira. Votes: 3

A young woman with long hair and a short white halter dress walks through the casino at the Riviera in Las Vegas at one in the morning. It was precisely this moment that made Play It As It Lays begin to tell itself to me. Votes: 3

If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change. Votes: 3

As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys begging me to play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think 'actor' and see some easy money. Votes: 3

Elvis deserves a lot of credit for bringing the blues to middle America, not the Vegas stuff. The early stuff, The Sun records, and the first few RCA records. He was wonderful, he had the power, the drive, and he was so dedicated to his music. Votes: 3

I've enjoyed appearing in Atlantic City. East Coast audiences are a bit brighter than Las Vegas audiences. I think most entertainers will tell you the same thing. The East Coast audiences are more perceptive - especially when it comes to a performer with a theatrical background. Votes: 3

I pride myself on never using a cuss word on stage. Ever. I headline in Las Vegas every year, and this summer I am performing on an Alaskan cruise. Not too many comedians can pull that off. Funny thing is, my show doesn't change for Vegas. Votes: 3

And because technology is moving so rapidly, things become obsolete very, very quickly. In 15 years time, Will Caster is probably going to be in some weird room in Vegas where people are plugging quarters into him. Who has a mini-disc of a laser disc player? It's over! Votes: 3

I have a thing about underwear. I have to wear thongs. Since I was a showgirl in Las Vegas, and I was wearing G-strings all the time, I got this thing where I cannot stand to have on regular underwear. It drives me out of my mind. Votes: 3

Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated to Las Vegas, so when he wanted to do business in Los Angeles, he went into the back of our restaurant to use the telephone. Votes: 3

As I've gotten older, I've wanted to represent Las Vegas more. Represent the Southwest. It's a magical place. The desert. I do understand people's criticisms, but it's a magical place and a beautiful city, even though there are a lot of things that are wrong with it. Votes: 3

It is interesting to work in Las Vegas. I've always thought of Las Vegas as Los Angeles on its day off. There's not any hierarchy of taste, and that's what L.A. always was to me: It's not really a town of culture, it's a town of entertainment. Votes: 3

After Leaving Las Vegas I did assume that things would get a lot easier than they've been. But it's just been a mirror of the way my career's been from the beginning, so for it to have changed would have been strange. My career has never been perfect. Votes: 3

As a coping mechanism, or as a way to make a little hard count by shilling demons in the shadows, I try not to belittle the thought process of the conspiracy theorists. As a cocktail waitress in Vegas once schooled me: never get down on anybody else's hustle. Votes: 3

A lot of people these days are too ambitious; their sights are set too high at the start and they end up diving in too deep, quitting their day job too soon. They move to Vegas or wherever, make an all-or-nothing commitment before they're ready, and burn out. Votes: 3

I think we can really use magic in a way never attempted before to inspire these children, help rally their self-confidence and even help them develop social skills. This is a national effort, not just here in Las Vegas. I know we can give them a true passion. Votes: 3

The only good thing I could say about Dr. Vegas was that it was fun working with Amy Adams. I like to feel I picked somebody great as my leading lady and was borne out. Oh, and I learned how to snap on a medical glove very easily. Votes: 3

A couple of months ago I hauled my white ass on stage alongside Chaka Khan and Stevie Wonder for Divas Las Vegas, singing in front of a celebrity audience. If I can hold my own there, I can hold my own at Top of the Pops, trust me. Votes: 3

Phoenix and Las Vegas have grim long-term prospects. On top of oil-and-gas problems, they will have terrible problems with water and the ability to produce food locally. I suppose it shows how delusional the public is, and how our institutional controls have decayed - for instance, lending standards. Votes: 3

I've been trying to watch my weight a bit, but when I come to Las Vegas, all bets are off. I get enough healthy food in L.A. where the food is the size of a quarter and costs $40 - when I'm in Vegas, I want a steak! Votes: 3

Is it me or is Bush going everywhere Kerry goes? So far in the past week, President Bush has followed John Kerry to Davenport, Iowa; New Mexico; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; and he follows him to Portland, Oregon. The only place he never followed John Kerry was Vietnam. Votes: 3

In Las Vegas, people seem to believe, the prosperity spawned by tourism and gaming can make them whole, financially and spiritually. Las Vegas now melds fun, work, and wealth, showing a path toward the brightest vistas of the post-industrial world. It is the first city of the twenty-first century. Votes: 3

Almost six years ago, before I was given the incredible opportunity to be in 'Leaving Las Vegas,' I was going through a long period of artistic confusion. I'd spent years doing work that hadn't pushed me enough, and I was beginning to wonder if I had any talent. Votes: 3

I could never leave Las Vegas. I can't really afford New York or Los Angeles. I love this town. We don't have that much. We have the Runnin' Rebels and boxer Floyd Mayweather. When Mayweather fights, it's good for the whole city. It's like the Super Bowl out here. Votes: 3

The night before I left Las Vegas I walked out in the desert to look at the moon. There was a jeweled city on the horizon, spires rising in the night, but the jewels were diadems of electric and the spires were the neon of signs ten stories high. Votes: 3

Vegas is definitely a place where we can win. We had a good run here last year, and I feel even more confident about the car we're taking this time. We're taking the car that we raced in California two weeks ago, and it was obviously a good car. Votes: 3

The big advantage to playing the Venetian in Las Vegas - where it's a beautiful theater - is that unlike other places, even many other nice venues, I can do a set and lighting cues, I can put on a real show. I can dress up, wear a tux. Votes: 3

Melissa Barak, an ex-City Ballet dancer and sometime choreographer, has put together an unspeakably dopey and incompetent mess called 'Call Me Ben,' combining ultra-generic dance, terrible dialogue and disastrous storytelling, about the founding of Las Vegas by the gangster Bugsy Siegel, who insists, violently, on being addressed as 'Ben.' Votes: 3

I thought I could play the hellraiser and then put 'Johnny Vegas' back in his box. I found popularity through self-destruction. The more you damage yourself, the more people are drawn to you, and that can be quite addictive. It is not a lifestyle you can maintain. Votes: 3

Our culture does not teach us this, but what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. If you cheat in Vegas, it comes right home with you. If you cheat in Vegas, you walk home as a cheater. You lie awake at a night a cheater. You cannot escape it. Votes: 2

In the late 1960s, Ontario Airport was a throwback to a bygone era. Located 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, the airport served only two carriers, Western and Bonanza. Passengers could catch regional flights to San Francisco, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Phoenix and Los Angeles, and that was about it. Votes: 2

There's actually a song called 'Vegas Lights,' which I wanted to be an anthem for Vegas, that represented how I felt when I went to the clubs. I felt this weird energy where everybody was having a good time, and it didn't matter. Dancing like nobody's watching. It was kind of beautiful. Votes: 2

I just love coming to Vegas. There is always a good energy here; the minute you get off the plane, it is happy. Every experience I have had here is fun, and everyone is in a good mood; they are happy, and they let it go. I like that. It is refreshing to me. Votes: 2

The cool parts - the parts that have won Dubai its reputation as 'the Vegas of the Middle East' or 'the Venice of the Middle East' or 'the Disney World of the Middle East, if Disney World were the size of San Francisco and out in a desert' - have been built in the last ten years. Votes: 2

When I played the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve, I got to bring Wiley, my 85-pound black lab. He's responsible for my favorite New Year's memory of all: At the end of the show, he ran onstage and then out across all the tables in the showroom, sending champagne glasses and gamblers flying. Votes: 2

I basically left Texas with no money. I was making $3.50 working in some mall, so I didn't have a lot of cash. I took $1,000 and headed to California. Along the way I stopped in Vegas because I had always wanted to see Caesar's Palace. So I stopped there and won $2,500 on a slot machine! It was amazing. Votes: 2

Hollywood is in somewhat the same position as Las Vegas these days. It went from being the capital of sin to Disneyland, and now it's landed somewhere in between. It tries to keep the sins hidden away and outwardly present itself as a defender of American virtues: justice, individual freedom, and the power of one innocent soul to save the world. Votes: 2

I cherish the memory of being a friend of Frank Sinatra on a friendship level to the point where we really hung out. We worked in Vegas, we'd talk on the phone, and if I wasn't doing anything, I'd fly out, and I spent time in Palm Springs at his house - on a level the way friends would be, not with a whole crowd of people. Votes: 2