Famous Quotes & Sayings

I would have bet he'd have a good game tonight. It was important for us to get back and to play well.

I would have bet anything that he was going to win. This has always been a goal of mine, so I've accomplished one of my goals already.

I got two teachers that just graduated from Alabama. I bet I made 60 calls.

Jaromir Jagr

I got hit, it's swollen. I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. I have to talk to the doctors first. We have the whole day tomorrow to figure out something. I'll do anything to play, you can bet on it.

If they are removed, you can bet they were removed for a good reason.

We took a bet of $2500 on him straight away. By the time the count is held, West and Cousins may be very close together.

We're of a size and can do enough different things that we're not putting all our bets on one specific area,

We've gone through a lot this week in terms of getting ready for the Fed, ... We've got some important news at 2:00 on Tuesday and obviously you're not going to make a huge bet in front of that. However, we seem to be in good shape for that announcement.

Over the next month, all bets are off. I don't know who's going to win. All I know is whatever comes out of Senate has to be perfect.

Overall, they were a bit concerned about inflation and see strong growth, which supports the notion that they will continue to tighten policy. But after Katrina, all bets on how much they might tighten are off the table,

Out of respect to Betty we couldn't think of a more appropriate name.

Our biggest challenge is that Zimbabweans have never experienced any form of free and fair elections and have had 25 years of broken promises and betrayed dreams,

Our bet is that the impact, if there is a lot of damage, will get us $3-per-gallon gas in three weeks.

Our bet here is that stock trading between four and five times cash flow going into next year, ... They've got very little debt. These guys are either buying back shares or looking at other companies.

Janet Jones

Other than the occasional horse race, my husband does not bet on any sports.

Sue went to a different level. She got everybody organized, kept everybody focused, moreso than a regular-season kind of deal. Betty stepped up verbally, so yeah, it's a different gear.

Spread betting is growth business, and growth in the last six months has actually accelerated as stockbrokers have been referring clients to IG to use its platform.

Calvin Ayre

Sports betting is going to continue to steadily grow. Some market analysts suggest a 10-20% growth per year.

Some of the bets we made did not pay off.

Ato Boldon

Someone 'big' will get thrown out of their Trials or at the Olympics. I would bet my house on it.

My son watches the BETs and videos and sees the fads. I want him to see that there are other options and teach him to use his head about deciding what he wants to do with his life.

My wife and I were talking this morning, and I said 'What if all Americans said they were not going to drive, everyone parked their cars, what would the oil companies do?' I bet they would lose millions.

My partner turned around and said, 'That car is driving at a terrible speed. I bet you anything when we get up there it's wrapped around a lamp post'. When we came up and saw the body that was it. It just really tore us apart.

Lockheed is hedging its bets just in case it lost out on the Joint Strike Fighter contract. Northrop has a lot of the avionics that go onto military aircraft.

Look how cute that is, ... I bet you I was in a blue blanket at this point.

Eliot Spitzer

Late-day trading is like being permitted to bet on yesterday's horse races, ... You already know who's going to win.

I went back to school simply because it was a weak job market. I was betting that it would recover by the time I got out.

I will bet you that when it's all said and done, we'll reach our goal of $50 million.

I will bet my bottom dollar that it will bring a significant number of gay and lesbian votes to Cuomo. On the other hand, could Sean, if he ran his campaign smartly, still walk away with a bulk of the lesbian and gay votes? He could.

I think they've got a lot of A-pluses going for them at this point. In six or seven or eight years, it will be a major player. I think its reputation is going to grow very, very quickly. You can bet on that.

I think it's unlikely that it's the retail investor causing this kind of action. You can pretty much bet it's program traders.

Christina Aguilera

It had elements of Miles Davis and Billie Holiday and little horn pieces. The way he combined that, I was like, ?Hmm. I bet he would get where I?m trying to go with this record.? It was taking a chance. God knows if he would even do it because it was kind of his first time, I think, even venturing into the ?pop? world. I knew that it would be a different and new thing for him.

It broke my heart to see it, because it had gotten sold a couple of weeks ago for $39. Someone just made the wrong bet on that one.