Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Wilcox

We'll see what the bet is for the next game. I tried to get 19 ... I was a little shy.

Dan Bartlett

Were going to let the career prosecutors do their job and I'll bet they get to the bottom of it.

David Stern

We're going to Las Vegas because we think it's a great destination city. They have removed the All-Star events from the betting line, and we think that we have no problem with people who want to go there and gamble.

Unless the outcome contains a major negative surprise, the underlying firm tone of the dollar is expected to be sustained, as the market is now betting on continued interest rate hikes in the US.

With uncertainty over the Fed, people are taking bets off the table and that's hurting the dollar. People are a little less certain the dollar will keep advancing.

We're really betting on two horses: We will continue to support Visual Studio.Net, and in the non-.Net world, we're going to be using Eclipse.

Bill Murray

I feel like I'm a better person when I'm quieter.

Gloria Estefan

We want it to be clarified to us why this family, who has been guarding this boy, is being compelled to betray his trust and hand him over on a silver platter.

John Caudwell

The power of fear of failure, with will to win, is an incredible force. I don't think we should be worried about having a fear of failure; I think it's quite natural. If you surveyed any top businessman or any top athlete, I bet if they were truthful, they would all say they've got a fear of losing and a fear of failure.

Bruce Beresford

There are some good writer/directors in the U.S. as well. In general the writing and directing tend to be separated but I bet that most of the directors have a big effect on the scripts. These days the studios tend to bring in hordes of writers.

Catherynne M. Valente

You are going to break your promise. I understand. And I hold my hands over the ears of my heart, so that I will not hate you.

William Kristol

Would any of his aides have the nerve to tell him that as Supreme Court jurists go, Gonzales would be mediocre - and not a solid bet to move the court in a constitutionalist direction? Would any of them have the nerve to explain to the president that a Gonzales nomination would utterly demoralize many of his supporters, who are sticking with him and his party, through troubles in Iraq and screw-ups with Hurricane Katrina, precisely because they want a few important things out of a Bush presidency - and one of these is a more conservative court?

We're still betting $3 the Swans, but I can see that shortening.

Graham Thorpe

What this case is about is a betrayal of trust.

When we fail our pride supports us and when we succeed, it betrays us.

When we entered the market, we bet on sophisticated technology to solve the complexity of the search marketplace, and we bet right. The marketplace continues to get more and more complex, and we are the only firm with the technology to scale to the needs of marketers.

Bill Gates

We bet the company on Windows and we deserve to benefit. It was a risk that's paid off immensely. In retrospect, committing to the graphics interface seems so obvious that now it's hard to keep a straight face.

Alison Moyet

When I saw Adele, I thought: 'I'll give it an hour before people say I was her,' just because I was fat. When you watch 'X Factor,' you can bet your bottom dollar, every single fat singer sounds like me as far as the judges are concerned. Can you imagine if they did that with every black artist?

America Ferrera

I miss Betty madly. I loved her. Whenever people talk about her, I get really nostalgic. There are parts of her still with me; I played her for four years and, of course, the lines get blurred.

You bet your life there's a renewed commitment.

Michael Vick

You bet we can, ... or my name's not Ron Mexico, when I don't want to blemish the name of Michael Vick.

Orrin Hatch

You bet these hearings ought to go forward. I think Bill Rehnquist would be the first to say they ought to go forward,

Tom DeLay

You bet there'll be congressional hearings. I think both branches, the legislative branch and the judiciary branch, should look into this in depth, because this is a frightening event, that American citizens can expect that the executive branch on their own can decide whether to raid a home.

Dan Hawkins

You bet there is. It's called hard work, determination and preparation. There's a lot of work to be done.

Max Mayfield

You bet I'm worried about next year, and several years after that,

Brian Kennedy

You bet his family was with him, of course. What better way to see and judge the visitor experience of a national park?

So far, so good. I bet he is very happy, too.

David Rosenberg

That's a significant statement. We are hedging our bets and don't see a great risk in doing it.

That's a lot of people who want to bet. The bigger issue here is how many people actually bet on sports.

Their secret weapon has always been their french fries. I would say that if they do change the oils, I'll bet they did a million taste tests to make sure nothing has changed. But there's always that risk when you're tampering with a product.

The Fed's about to cut rates, and they may cut more from a dearth of sellers than from a host of new buyers. Some people continue to make their bet on the possibility of a 50-basis point move. You see people buying to speculate on a larger cut...you're going to get closer to that meeting and you're going to find fewer sellers.

The Fed minutes were a positive surprise as investors hadn't anticipated an end to interest rate increases at the time of the meeting. With strong earnings results both at home and in the U.S., all the good news came out at the same time and encouraged investors to bet on stocks.

There was an application from Waterhouse's solicitors to have the matter heard in camera on the grounds some of the information was sensitive in respect to betting transactions between parties.