Famous Quotes & Sayings

I'd probably press my bet when there are signs that things are getting better. I don't necessarily see that now.

I don't see this as an upset. I bet everyone else in this gymnasium does, but I don't. History doesn't mean anything. It all comes down to who works harder during the year and who comes ready.

As far as making a big bet on the weather, even if you're bearish it's still too early to go short in a big way.

Robert Torricelli

as close to a betrayal of the interests of the United States as I've ever witnessed in the United States Congress. It's unforgivable and reprehensible.

Jay Asher

Betrayal. It's one of the worst feelings.

Fernando Pessoa

To love is to tire of being alone; it is therefore a cowardice, a betrayal of ourselves. (It is exceedingly important that we not love.)

It's already getting down to the 11th hour. If I had to bet one way or the other, I would bet that they're going to raise their bid.

Bryan Colangelo

It's a pretty safe bet that I voted for him.

It's big. They'll bet for the same reason people who don't even like football tune into the game: It's a big spectacle.

It was, I'll bet you, 20 below. Nobody had hardly any clothes. ... Somebody had cut the legs off some long underwear, and I made a hat out of it.

It's a wait and see. If we get another powerful storm that does damage to refining capacity in particular, I think all bets can be off if gasoline prices will go higher and stay there.

It's a wolf. If I were a betting man, I'd put money on it.

Jamie Moyer

It's a crapshoot. You're dealing with kids, 17 to 21 years old. That's a lot of pressure. Think of all the pressure -- and the money that is bet on it, legally and illegally. It's amazing.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.

Esther Williams

When you're out of sight for as long as I was, there's a funny feeling of betrayal that comes over people when they see you again.

Ernest Becker

Why would a person prefer the accusations of guilt, unworthiness, ineptitude - even dishonor and betrayal- to real possibility? This may not seem to be the choice, but it is: complete self effacement, surrender to the "others", disavowal of any personal dignity and freedom-on the one hand; and freedom and independence, movement away from the others, extrication of oneself from the binding links of family and social duties-on the other hand. This is the choice that the depressed person actually faces.

Henry David Thoreau

The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement.

Henry David Thoreau

Sincerity is a great but rare virtue, and we pardon to it much complaining, and the betrayal of many weaknesses.

Jean Genet

Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all.

Jean Genet

Anyone who's never experienced the pleasure of betrayal doesn't know what pleasure is.

Christine Feehan

Betrayal is never easy to handle and there is no right way to accept it.

In companies like this, people are looking for change, ... The hedge funds come in and they're going to bet that this is something that will push the stock price up. And it's a decent bet. Icahn's name is important because of the history that he will get something done.

I'm not a big fan of that play. But since no one (on defense) was trailing, it was a pretty safe bet at that point. I thought it was fine.

Shirley Booth

I'm not a betting woman, but I have $50 on Secretariat with an old director friend of mine.

Jacob Bronowski

There are two parts to the human dilemma. One is the belief that the end justifies the means. That push-button philosophy, that deliberate deafness to suffering, has become the monster in the war machine. The other is the betrayal of the human spirit: the assertion of dogma that closes the mind, and turns a nation, a civilization, into a regiment of ghosts--obedient ghosts or tortured ghosts.

The leaders are the ones to bet on at this point, but it might be a tough summer. I think we need to see a couple of players prove to investors that this is a sector that's worth taking a look at.

Mona Simpson

The lawyer refused to tell me my brother's name, and my colleagues started a betting pool. The leading candidate: John Travolta. I secretly hoped for a literary descendant of Henry James - someone more talented than I: someone brilliant without even trying.

Terry Eagleton

Universities are no longer educational in any sense of the word that Rousseau would have recognised. Instead, they have become unabashed instruments of capital. Confronted with this squalid betrayal, one imagines he would have felt sick and oppressed.

Terry Goodkind

Only those you trust can betray you" ~ Nathan

Terrence Howard

When you feel betrayed by someone that you trust the most, as an actor, you look for something that's going to let you express some of your inner emotions and anger.

The community outpouring and the donation of clubs has been phenomenal. I bet I get a phone call a day. Our mantra is we don't turn anything down.

The commissioner told the coaches and the GMs in Indy over the weekend to expect to hear by Wednesday at 4, either we have a deal in principle or we don't. I think everyone on both sides feels like there's too much to lose. If I were betting, I'd bet there would be a deal by Wednesday.

David Murray

The comments are compelling and relevant. I would have used them, too. But it does betray some campaign distress, because they're willing to risk the backlash.