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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Politics, Nothing, Happens

Drugs are a bet with your mind.
Jim Morrison

Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.
Michael Jordan

Legal, Gambling, Betting

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
Will Rogers

Father, Him, After

I've got the brain of a four year old. I'll bet he was glad to be rid of it.
Groucho Marx

Brain, Old, Year

It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.
Warren Buffett

Through, America, Against

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?
Thomas Sowell

Tomorrow, Country, Why

Heaven knows where I'll end up - but it's a safe bet that I'll never be at the top of anything! Nor do I particularly care to be.
H. P. Lovecraft

Care, End, Heaven

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.
Maxwell Maltz

Life, Happiness, Courage

If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently.
Bill Watterson

Live, Night, Stars

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.
Samuel Butler

Faith, After, Betting

The horse I bet on was so slow, the jockey kept a diary of the trip.
Henny Youngman

Horse, Kept, Trip

Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another.
George Saunders

Life, Good, Truth

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't take it.
Tom Stoppard

Life, Terrible, Odds

I played a lot of tough clubs in my time. Once a guy in one of those clubs wanted to bet me $10 that I was dead. I was afraid to bet.
Henny Youngman

Time, Tough, Afraid

Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act.
Maxwell Maltz

Courage, Failure, Successful

I'm a great lover, I'll bet.
Emo Philips

If we can clean up our world, I'll bet you we can achieve warp drive.
William Shatner

Achieve, Drive, Clean

C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around.
Dennis Ritchie

Around, Growing, Plain

If you have debt I'm willing to bet that general clutter is a problem for you too.
Suze Orman

Problem, Debt, General

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.
Andre Malraux

Courage, Failure, Successful

It helps immerse yourself in what you potentially want to do. Being involved, learning firsthand and observing the craft and absorbing all you can, makes it easier to define what you want. It will also ultimately make you a better Chef. Culinary school, or even a single class, is a great bet too.
Giada De Laurentiis

Great, Learning, School

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.
Rita Mae Brown

Stupid, End, Him

I love tennis with a passion. I challenged Boris Becker to a match once and he said he was up for it but he never called back. I bet I could make him run around.
Boris Johnson

Love, Passion, Him

I've never been one to bet on the weather.
Paul Getty

You bet I arrived overnight. Over a few hundred nights in the Catskills, in vaudeville, in clubs and on Broadway.
Danny Kaye

Few, Nights, Broadway

Men like to provide for women and their families. It's in their DNA. I'm obviously no scientist, but I bet if you could hear a Y-chromosome talk, it would say, 'I want to provide and hunt.' When the woman is the primary breadwinner, it's going against nature. I'm not saying that it's bad or wrong, I'm just saying that it can feel off.
Patti Stanger

Nature, Women, Men

Forget the lottery. Bet on yourself instead.
Brian Koslow

Yourself, Forget, Lottery

An instant-read thermometer is your best bet for making sure that meat and fish are cooked to the proper temperature.
Bobby Flay

Best, Making, Sure

I'd like to think that the boring lady who's talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one who's doing NPR. You know, studious and reserved, and - I bet you're a lot of fun at a party.
Gene Simmons

Fun, Boring, Talking

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