Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steven Levitt

Betting on sports is actually a lot more like playing the stock market than it is the other games at the casino. Because in the end, what dictates whether you win at sports is skill.

Betting is the manure to which the enormous crop of horse-races and racehorse breeding in this and other countries is to a large extent due.

John Davidson

Even just a month ago, prior to the release of the March payrolls number, there were some investors betting that rates wouldn't rise until early next year. Now, after two months of higher payrolls, it seems likely rates are set to rise, and so there's a certain throwing in of the towel for some investors.

Philip Rosedale

Everything you're seeing now, the community built. It's part of a new weird nation where all bets are off. Here, the future is yours to create.

Bob Johnson

Everybody who used to go to the concerts felt betrayed when the series was canceled.

A couple of years ago it was 'sequel, sequel, sequel,' ... I think Hollywood is erring on the side of caution by thinking that a concept that has proven to be successful can be a way to hedge its bets and take out some of the risk.

Some people are betting that the sell-off was overdone.

George H. W. Bush

So you bet we will aggressively pursue them, but we will do so under the law.

Jerry Yang

Once you meet an entrepreneur like Jack Ma, you just want to make sure you bet on him. It's not a hard decision.

Oh you bet I will. I'll stand there until he rots. If he lasts, if he can take it, prison is a tough place, I hear.

The momentum usually gets to a fever pitch when the prices get high. You can bet that the members of Congress are hearing from their constituents.

Jaime Pressly

Defintely gymnastics, because I was a gymnast for 11 years. That's my thing. My girlfriend Betty Okino was in the 1992 Olympics and won a bronze medal. She's a gymnast. So I'm a huge fan.

Dale Murphy

Dedicated to my parents, Charles and Betty Murphy, and to my wife, Nancy. Anything good that has come to my life has been because of your example, guidance, and love.

The three products launched today are the first wave of a tide of tightly integrated products. While some Microsoft executives have said that Microsoft bet the company on Windows Vista, the real bet is on integrated innovation.

The Super Bowl has always been the most bet on sporting event of the year. Now online gambling has significantly expanded the marketplace and that means without a doubt this year's Super Bowl will be the most wagered on event in history.

It was Willey who betrayed Steele, and it was Ken Starr who betrayed the rule of law.

The series will involve me flying all over the world and betting on everything imaginable.

The stock market may be uncertain about the economy, but venture capitalists aren't. They're betting on the future.

The stock market is poised to take off when the Fed gives a hint of concluding its rate hikes. That's premised on the notion that they haven't gone too far. If they go too high, the damage is done and all bets are off.

The situation is not good and the worst thing is that there is a feeling that it could get worse. The market is ready to improve, but it depends on what happens abroad...You can't bet on anything.

The sellers are doing just fine because the money is in their pockets, but at the end of the day, the buyers are betting on the future, and there is no way to know how they will make out.

Jeff Raikes

The software business was dominated by hardware companies, and everybody thought they would just come in and wipe us out. People forget that Microsoft took a huge bet to think that an independent operating system and programming language would be successful.

The sports books come up with many ingenious ways to get you to put your money down, ... You have to pick who you think is going to win given the point spreads, but people still tend to bet with their hearts.

David Jones

The simple fact is this: a lot of global investors have been making big bets on equities around the world. Now they're pulling back, ... They're worrying about a riskier world, particularly about difficulties in Asia.

A variety of it could be laws, it could be financial funding. I bet it will be a combination of everything.

This will be a very time-consuming and expensive undertaking if owners are to salvage the vintage planes. As a practical matter, it's a good bet that many of these seaplanes will not fly again.

We cannot now see beyond these five as serious candidates, despite having taken bets for some thirty contenders in all

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Jerry Miller

The search committee evaluated over 20 resumes. We had interest locally and from around the state, with many very qualified candidates. Betty impressed the search committee and the board with her wealth of experience and success in her past positions.

Jenny Lewis

I've won hundreds at the track, but I'm not betting on the afterlife.

I've never seen an NHL player bet on an NHL game and, quite frankly, if it ever happened I'd be very disappointed.

Jean Chatzky

I've never met a budget that I couldn't coax a few extra dollars from - and I'll bet that you can do the same. For instance, you're probably buying more minutes and more cable channels than you use. Oh, and how many black skinny jeans do I count in your closet? You have enough money, just the wrong priorities.

With Hoffman, the odds of winning are much higher, but you're going to have to bet $600 for every $100 you win. On the other hand, Heath Ledger is paying 6-1 odds.