Betting Quotes - Page 6

• I once lost a bill betting on the Red Sox,
  ...But that's another topic.

  Diamond D

  Rap, Hip Hop, Bills

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• The incurable optimism of the farmer who throws his seed on the ground every spring, betting it and his time against the elements, seemed inextricably to blend with the creed of her pioneer forefathers that "it is better farther on"-- only instead of farther on in space, it was farther on in time, over the horizon of the years ahead instead of the far horizon of the west.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Spring, Years, Space

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• They're betting on how long I'll live!' I burst out. 'They're not my friends!

  Suzanne Collins

  Long, My Friends, Aggravating

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.157, Scholastic Inc.

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• Jim eyed me for a couple of seconds, then got off the bed and went to curl up on the pile of blankets I'd arranged as its bed. "I don't suppose you'd care to lend me a couple hundred euros?" I pointed at the wall. It turned its back to me so I could get into the nightgown Perdita had lent me. "You are not going to bet on me. Or against me. No betting whatsoever. Got that?" Jim huffed and settled down for the night. "You sure do know how to take all the fun out of life. Bet you even made Drake use a condom.

  Katie MacAlister

  Wall, Couple, Fun

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• When Hitler declared war on the United States, he was betting that German soldiers, raised up in the Hitler Youth, would always out fight American soldiers, brought up in the Boy Scouts. He lost that bet. The Boy Scouts had been taught how to figure their way out of their own problems.

  Stephen Ambrose

  War, Fighting, Boys

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• I guess we both lose the bet. What bet Thomas asked entering the room. Boxers or briefs Jeanne Louise answered. I was betting boxers and Elspeth thought briefs. Instead he went commando!! So be warned ladies, don't assume they are wearing any undies!!

  Lynsay Sands

  Entering, Boxers, Rooms

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• And really, how insulting is it that to suggest that the best thing women can do is raise other people to do incredible things? I'm betting some of those women would like to do great things of their own.

  Jessica Valenti

  People, Insulting, Incredibles

  Jessica Valenti (2012). “Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth about Parenting and Happiness”, p.73, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Remember, girl on fire,” he says, “I'm still betting on you.

  Suzanne Collins

  Girl, Fire, Remember

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.205, Scholastic

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• The problem with commodities is that you are betting on what someone else would pay for them in six months. The commodity itself isn't going to do anything for you....it is an entirely different game to buy a lump of something and hope that somebody else pays you more for that lump two years from now than it is to buy something that you expect to produce income for you over time.

  Warren Buffett

  Years, Games, Two

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• Financial institutions like to call what they do trading. Let's be honest. It's not trading; it's betting.

  Graydon Carter

  Honest, Financial, Institutions

  "Paper Chase" by Graydon Carter, www.vanityfair.com. July 2012.

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• The chief obstacle to success lies in the stubborn fact that if the favorable prospects of a concern are clearly apparent they are almost always reflected already in the current price of the stock. Buying such an issue is like betting on a topheavy favorite in a horse race. The chances may be on your side, but the real odds are against you.

  Benjamin Graham

  Horse, Real, Lying

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• Jesus said, "I am the way to heaven." I'm betting that he's not a liar. I'm betting that he told the truth.

  Rick Warren

  Jesus, Liars, Heaven

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• How great a quality is horse sense! Someone has defined it as that something which keeps horses from betting on men!

  Vincent Massey

  Horse, Men, Quality

  Address to the Annual Dinner of the Canadian Press, Toronto, April 18, 1956.

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• As far as the gambling debts on there, not one cent was any type of sports betting. It's just something obviously I'm not proud of because it drags a lot of other people into this than I'd want. It's something I'm continuing to deal with.

  Darren McCarty

  Sports, Gambling, People

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• They head the list of bad to bet on: But I insist they're worse to get on

  Richard Armour

  Gambling, Lists

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• The only exercise I get is walking to the betting office.

  Peter O'Sullevan

  Exercise, Gambling, Office

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• It's one thing to ask your bank manager for an overdraft to buy 500 begonias for the borders in Haslemere, but quite another to seek financial succour to avail oneself of the 5-2 they're offering on lie de Bourbon for the St Leger.

  Jeffrey Bernard

  Lying, Gambling, Offering

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• Losers walking around with money in their pockets are always dangerous, not to be trusted. Some horse always reaches out and grabs them.

  Bill Barich

  Horse, Gambling, Pockets

  Bill Barich (2015). “Laughing in the Hills: A Season at the Racetrack”, p.211, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Barack Obama is betting on the American worker.

  Ted Strickland

  Workers, Barack, American Workers

  Ted Strickland's address at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 4, 2012.

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• Once the war began, the government could do anything 'necessary' to win it; so it was with the 'final solution of the Jewish problem,' which the Nazis always talked about but never dared undertake, not even the Nazis, until war and its 'necessities' gave them the knowledge that they could get away with it. The people abroad who thought that war against Hitler would help the Jews were wrong. And the people in Germany who, once the war had begun, still thought of complaining, protesting, resisting, were betting on Germany's losing the war. It was a long bet. Not many made it.

  Milton Mayer

  War, Winning, Government

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• When it comes to betting on yourself... you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.

  B. C. Forbes

  Coward, Chickens, Ifs

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