Quotes About Wager

Nothing is sacred to a gamester.

you should always play a high-priced horse in the last leg.

Parents don't have the luxury of being reasonable, not any more than a religious person does. What can make religious people and parents so utterly insufferable is also what makes religion and Parenthood so utterly beautiful: the All or nothing wager. The Faith.

In a bet there is a fool and a thief.

The better the gambler, the worse the man.

A startup job is an investment, after all: Venture capitalists may wager money, but you're staking something more precious - your time. And unlike VCs, you can't spread your risk by betting on a bunch of companies at once. Start with TAM. That's 'total addressable market,' and if it's not big enough, there's no point in talking.

A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager.

The fact that I win and lose money all the time helps desensitize me, so I can write down $60,000 as the Final Jeopardy wager and not be trembling at the thought of losing that money.

Never bet on baseball.

I do not. I don't bet.

If you bet big on a daily double, you can hurt yourself.

I'm not really a betting person. I work too hard for my money to give it away.

If you're betting all the time, everything is just another bet. You don't even think about the money after you've made the arrangements. You're used to it.

The aggressive betting on the daily doubles is one of my trademarks.

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

wouldn't put money on it," Daisy muttered. Logan

It is a wager with an infinite upside and no downside. And, I might add, it is a wager every human being must make. It is not optional. Pascal's Wager—the logic is impeccable.

For the stakes for which the guilty person was playing were enormous.

The rationalist is not unaware of the animal impulses in man, and of the passions of man in society. The rationalist has long since abandoned the illusion that men, alone or in groups, are reasonable. He bets on the education of humanity, even if he is not sure he will win his wager.

suppose the god who confronts you when you die turns out to be Baal, and suppose Baal is just as jealous as his old rival Yahweh was said to be. Mightn't Pascal have been better off wagering on no god at all rather than on the wrong god?

We are talking about a bet, remember, and Pascal wasn't claiming that his wager enjoyed anything but very long odds. Would you bet on God's valuing dishonestly faked belief (or even honest belief) over honest scepticism?

You wagered you could indulge passion and receive trust and honor in return, and lost.

I'm not a betting man.

Faith in the supernatural is a desperate wager made by man at the lowest ebb of his fortunes.