Famous Quotes & Sayings

The proposal is an insult to all people who want to have democracy as early as possible. If we support the government, it would be a complete betrayal to our voters.

Trading volume is dwindling and we are probably not going to see large bets today and tomorrow, and especially after inconclusive economic data.

Toymakers are bringing back proven hits because it's less risky than betting on something new,

Drew Goddard

I understand why offices need to have office parties. I understand why offices need to have betting pools. No matter what the job, you need things to foster camaraderie and let off steam.

We played all-right defense. On offense, they didn't stop us, we stopped ourselves. Of the 31 shots we missed, I bet we missed 20 that were 2-feet or 1-foot.

Vesta Williams

A lot of people have called me the black Bette Midler, and I regard that as a compliment.

I think we'll survive, ... I placed a very sizeable bet that we can.

Brenda Lee

I've always gone to see all kinds of shows and stole what I could, as we all do. We see an artist and hear a song and think, 'I bet I could sing that song. I'll put that in my show.'

Birdman

I'm not really a gambler, but I'll bet on the Super Bowl or some boxing. Something I feel comfortable with.

We're down in betting and I'm very disappointed, ... We did everything we could do to improve the racing product. Everybody told me a year ago it was all about purses.

Cormac McCarthy

It was always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals came easily.

Amandla Stenberg

'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' by Betty Smith is one of my favorites. Even though it doesn't have any monsters or crazy fantasy in it, it's such a raw story, and I can really relate to the characters. I think it's a beautiful story.

David Einhorn

There's more at risk in what happens in Microsoft than I could ever bet on a poker table.

While investors aren't expecting the levels of earnings growth that you see in China, people are thinking that Japan is a good bet for both security and growth.

With oil prices back near record levels, one can bet that the Brazilians are increasing ethanol production. This means less refined sugar and higher prices.

We must all be concerned about the threats that the Shin Bet head spoke about. Israel must stop playing ping pong... and nip the threat in the bud.

When you are investing in J.P. Morgan, what you are really betting on is Jamie and Jamie's team, ... You are betting that Jamie's team of expense control czars are going to be able to fully integrate this business.

When we hit the wire I wouldn't have bet money that we got there.

When someone is going to pay $3,000 for a Windows NT or Windows 2000 license, you can bet she is going to use it. If she pays $2 or even $50 or $150 for a Linux package, that doesn't necessarily mean it is going to get used -- or it could mean it was used 1,000 times by the organization. We just don't know how to count that.

When she sings, she embodies the song in ways that many singers don't. I thought, 'I bet she can act.' And she can.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

In a world where irony reigns, where you have to separate, protect and laugh at anything that is honest or has an emotional charge, I bet for catharsis. I like to invest emotionally in things. And catharsis, when it touches the emotional vein, can open the doors of even those who protect themselves.

There are a lot of people betting on the euro so there's not a lot of room for a further rally. There aren't any fresh reasons to sell the dollar after a big move last week.

Henry Petroski

Betting on the success of innovative technologies in the marketplace can carry all the uncertainty and risk that betting on the next card in the deck does at a blackjack table in Las Vegas. There is a factor of randomness that must be factored in, but precisely how to do so is anyone's guess.

Bryan Fuller

With land-roaming animals, I've just read so much about the sophistication of their emotional lives and their intelligence and the way they process information that betrays a greater intelligence.

Edwin Muir

We have seen / Good men made evil wrangling with the evil, / Straight minds grown crooked fighting crooked minds. / Our peace betrayed us; we betrayed our peace. / Look at it well. This was the good town once.

This will certainly open up the sport to a lot of people who might not just go directly to a track to bet on horses. That's where we see significant growth opportunities.

This reluctance to press Nigeria to hand over Taylor fosters a double standard that betrays the people of Sierra Leone,

There has been less volatility overall on these numbers, and making the big bet has not really paid off.

We said no. We're going to place our bets on the broadcast media names.

Paul Simon

When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.

We would note that given the size of GM, there are relatively few players that could pull such a deal off. Consequently, betting on a takeover of this scale seems to us to be more like gambling than investing.

Zig Ziglar

When a company or individual compromises one time, whether it's on price or principle, the next compromise is right around the corner and you can bet your last nickel on it.

Dag Hammarskjold

It is not the repeated mistakes, the long succession of petty betrayals--though, God knows, they would give cause enough for anxiety and self-contempt--but the huge elementary mistake, the betrayal of that within me which is greater than I--in complacent adjustment to alien demands.