Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

If I was a betting man, which I'm not, I would say that's probably a good assumption. Right now, we're just focusing on (tonight). We'll worry about Saturday when it comes.

Jason Taylor

If I was a betting man, I'd bet on them being in Detroit.

Wayne Gretzky

If I bet on sports ? I would never embarrass Team Canada or the country or hockey ? I would phone (NHL commissioner) Gary Bettman and Bob Nicholson right now and say you know what, I resign, it's over, even if I made a $1 bet.

If George Mason had lost by two, we would have forgot about them. The public will probably bet them now.

If Fitzgerald comes down with something that strikes the White House, all bets are off with conservatism. It's the post-Bush era.

If I had to bet the farm, I'd say Buick will be the one that goes.

If I had to bet on it? I think Washington. They're on a roll. It's going to be very interesting. Whoever doesn't lose it will probably win it. That means whoever doesn't fumble the ball.

Ross Perot

If I had been in charge of this operation you can bet your bottom dollar that the President, at this very moment, would be shaking hands with freed prisoners. We wouldn't have hit just one camp, we would have hit several.

Robert Rodriguez

If I'm excited about it, I'm pretty sure an audience is going to enjoy it. If I'm bored with an idea, you can bet they're going to be asleep. So I try to only do things that I'm fairly excited about.

Michael Buble

If I'm a betting man I think my chances are in the 40 per cent up (range).

I don't think there were a ton of bets placed during this particular quarter, but it does cause some wacky moves,

I'd take one Betty over 100 showgirls any day.

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.

Honore de Balzac

A woman questions the man who loves exactly as a judge questions a criminal. This being so, a flash of the eye, a mere word, an inflection of the voice or a moment's hesitation suffice to expose the fact, betrayal or crime he is attempting to conceal.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

Been trading up recently? You have, haven't you? You'll be squawking that you're too rational, too busy and too socially concerned for any of that. But go through the fridge - come to think of it, what about the fridge itself? I bet it's bigger than its predecessor.

Because Don Slater was here, and the rest of these guys, Harry Hay, and other, let us say eccentric people were here and were willing to bet their all on an impossible long shot.

Jeffrey Toobin

Cheney has an unusual demeanor for a politician, ... He is low-key in a really profound way. I counted two sentences about domestic policy and about 40 minutes about terror and Iraq. That's a bet that the public shares those priorities. I don't know if it's right or not.

Neal Shusterman

You don’t just go to somebody and say, ‘I’m a better person because you’re in my head.

Neale Donald Walsch

Even a casual observer can see that not one of the systems, institutions, and devices that our species has put into place on this planet to "create a better life for all" is functioning in a way that generates that outcome.

Milan Kundera

Oh lovers! be careful in those dangerous first days! once you've brought breakfast in bed you'll have to bring it forever, unless you want to be accused of lovelessness and betrayal.

Joaquin Miller

O woman, born first to believe us; Yea, also born first to forget; Born first to betray and deceive us, Yet first to repent and regret.

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.

Emile M. Cioran

A garbled quotation is equivalent to a betrayal, an insult, a prejudice.

The dissenting votes are evidence that policy makers' outlook on inflation is improving. Why not start to bet on a 100 basis- point cut for next month?

All these alternative energy sources are unlikely to make a dent in the big picture. It's going to be many, many years into the future before we see any meaningful results. I don't think any real analysts or investors are betting the ranch on hydrogen.

All the major vendors are hedging their bets with Linux.

Henry Taylor

Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets, for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something to say.

Hiroyuki Sanada

I saw a lot of 47 Ronin on the TV, in the films, and I've done Chushingura Gaiden Yotsuya Kaidan [Crest of Betrayal, 1994] directed by Kinji Fukasaku.

Hilarie Burton

For me, I always wonder what's worse: an emotional betrayal or a physical betrayal? That's a really tough call.