Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andy Williams

Ninety percent of the clients I see, if they get a raise, the first thing they say is 'I can bet a bigger house or a better car.' Not 'I can pay off (the mortgage and car loan) I have now,'

On the inbounds play, I told Rachel I would have bet my house that she would've hit that 3. I could just see it in her eyes.

Damon Runyon

One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to come up to you and show you a nice brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken, and this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the Jack of Spades jump out of the deck and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not bet this man, for as sure as you are standing there, you are going to end up with an earful of cider.

Mrs. Betty Ford remained in Eisenhower Medical Center overnight following tests late on Thursday afternoon. She has returned home and will resume a normal schedule.

My feeling is that in her mind that if she meets people, they expect her to jump up and sing and dance and they want to see the Betty Hutton from the '40s and she doesn't want to disappoint them.

One of the worst things that can happen to you in life is to win a bet on a horse at an early age.

One of the worst things that can happen in life is to win a bet on a horse at an early age.

Mark Calcavecchia

One birdie on the weekend and I win the tournament. I bet that's never happened. But only seven bogeys all week. A lot of guys probably made seven bogeys today.

Mark Calcavecchia

One birdie on the weekend and I win the tournament, ... I bet that's never happened. But only seven bogeys all week. A lot of guys probably made seven bogeys today.

Nobu Matsuhisa

One of my great loves is golf. When I am in L.A., I like to play with a few close friends: no phones, no distractions, the great outdoors and the chance to bet some money to keep it interesting.

October can be a difficult month, so I don't want to bet on October, ... But I don't think it will be terrible.

Of course, if you get David Von Erich, The Bruiser, and Bruiser Brody on a card, I'll bet that would draw!

None of us (developers) would be doing what we're doing here if it weren't for Betty Hunter.

No one is willing to make a big bet two days in a row. That's typical of the year: We've had a lot of great days, but no follow-through.

Lesley Nicol

I met Bette Midler, who I absolutely love.

We'd gotten a little oversold in the last few days and so we're coming back a little now, with people making some cautious bets on a few individual issues.

Lynda Resnick

I can taste a meal and tell you every spice that's in there. I have taste buds like Betty Grable's legs - they should be insured with Lloyd's of London.

What we like about India's story is it's a bet on a rating upgrade into the investment grade universe. India is another economic giant which is emerging.

But there's nothing to be scared of here. It's all good news for the industry as a whole. People are excited about music. They're all in the record shops buying the CD, and, while they're there, there's a good chance they'll buy another one. I'll bet Richard Ashcroft sold a few more copies last week than he might have done otherwise.

More and more people are coming to us specifically to bet on entertainment props (propositions). It's not just sports bettors anymore.

Now the punters will get on. With the uncertainty of the past week, people were reluctant to bet on any of the chances. I reckon she'll start under 2/1.

Obviously, we are still concerned about how much the economy is slowing going forward. There are a lot of people who aren't making bets on this marketplace.

Obviously, people know more about the star players, so they have more opinions. People want to bet on players to succeed and on things to happen. It's a tendency we've seen over the years.

Given the big discount to other optical equipment manufacturing stocks, we think the downside is limited. We think it is worth buying the stock and are betting that management will deliver.

Given that the whole world is not rushing to buy technology mutual funds right now, we'd have to sell something to buy something. For the most part our bets are down,

Given such high copper prices, no traders dare to put on short positions, and that's why volume reduced. Some traders pulled investments from copper into aluminum, betting gains in aluminum might be bigger.

Fresh money is flowing into the Hong Kong stock market to bet on further yuan rises and the money may flow into the domestic markets via various channels too.

From a betting odds perspective, what is the most unlikely thing to have happened in football?

If anything that this year has proved to investor or should have proved to investors is don't bet on just one sector of the market even if it is technology with that great growth,

If an operator is undercapitalized to the extent that he can't pay his fines, he shouldn't be in business. You can bet he's skimping on safety.

Suzan-Lori Parks

I love beautiful black-and-white movies - anything Bette Davis, especially 'Now', 'Voyager', 'Casablanca', 'Mildred Pierce'; anything by Orson Welles, Truffaut, or Godard; and 'Paper Moon' by Peter Bogdanovich.

I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country

I hate to say it, but maybe there's a bet that if Kerry wins, (former Secretary of the Treasury) Robert Rubin will take over as Fed chairman, and the market would like that.