Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Shapiro

Despite the fact that he has run the most incompetent administration in history, President Obama remains a solid bet for re-election in 2012. Obama's frontrunner status springs from two crucial facts: first, by overexposing himself in the public eye, he has made himself larger than life; second, the Republican field is pathetically weak.

Boehner has been wined and dined by the nuclear industry, and you can bet he will use his new position to push for nuclear waste to come to Nevada.

Boy, he made that exciting. He just walked out of the gate. At the half-mile pole, I reached back and hit him to get his attention. I thought I had a shot at the top of the lane because he was moving, but when we hit the wire, I wouldn't have bet money that we got there. That was tight.

Betty Snowden Ave. or Glamour Girl Ave. or Lazar Ave., something to cooperate.so there will be some remembrance of what downtown used to be.

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.

America Ferrera

I miss Betty madly. I loved her. Whenever people talk about her, I get really nostalgic. There are parts of her still with me; I played her for four years and, of course, the lines get blurred.

You bet your life there's a renewed commitment.

Michael Vick

You bet we can, ... or my name's not Ron Mexico, when I don't want to blemish the name of Michael Vick.

Orrin Hatch

You bet these hearings ought to go forward. I think Bill Rehnquist would be the first to say they ought to go forward,

Tom DeLay

You bet there'll be congressional hearings. I think both branches, the legislative branch and the judiciary branch, should look into this in depth, because this is a frightening event, that American citizens can expect that the executive branch on their own can decide whether to raid a home.

Dan Hawkins

You bet there is. It's called hard work, determination and preparation. There's a lot of work to be done.

Max Mayfield

You bet I'm worried about next year, and several years after that,

Brian Kennedy

You bet his family was with him, of course. What better way to see and judge the visitor experience of a national park?

You can't bet sports every day. With baseball, people start off excited in April, but by June, July, only professional players are still betting. With football they get a break -- they're burnt out by Monday or Tuesday, then by Thursday they're ready to bet again.

Olli Jokinen

We've got 5-6 million people in our country and I'll bet every single one will watch the game on TV.

Bob Johnson

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

Janet Jones

At no time did I ever place a wager on my husband's behalf, other than an occasional horse race. My husband does not bet on any sport.

Ernesto Zedillo

concealment and deceit .. and betrayal of the army.

John Ashcroft

Corrupt corporate executives are no better than common thieves when they betray employees and investors,

Confidence is slipping, manufacturing is slowing, and even with today's jobs report, the employment trend is still negative. The bet here is that the Federal Reserve will have to stop raising rates in order to keep the economy from sliding further.

Ernst Toller

Betrayal clearly has its own reward: the small deep human satisfaction of having one up on someone else. It is the psychology of the mistress, and this regime used it as fuel.

Robin Williams

We wanted a name that was fun and different and something people would remember. Foundation board member Betty McCain suggested Winter Solstice, and we went with that.

Nelson Mandela

We have failed to take HIV/AIDS seriously, ... That failure is a betrayal of our struggle for social justice and hope for our society.

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.

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.

The Opera folks are betting their browser has reached a threshold of popularity where they can unshackle it from the fees. This clearly is a volume play that could pay off if enough people use the browser. Opera would be able to drive revenue through affiliate relationships, for example.

The recovery is extremely real. ... It's so real you can bet money on it.

George H. W. Bush

Two-bit terrorists aren't going to prevent me from doing what we need to do and that is to promote our friendship in the hemisphere, ... Our neighborhood is important to us. Peru is an important country. You bet I'm going.

Laura Bush

Two-bit terrorists aren't going to prevent me from doing what we need to do, and that is to promote our friendship in the hemisphere, ... You bet I'm going.

Jason Gedrick

With gamblers, it's never enough. You keep thinking on a conscious level that the prize is whatever the pot is. In poker, you may have a certain goal for the day. But the truth is, as soon as you win, more often than not the first thing that comes to mind is: If I'd bet more, I would have won more.

We're going to be eager all day. I bet most of the guys wish they could get up at 7 p.m. and then just go play. There's going to be a lot of sitting around, and we're going to get anxious.