CEMETERY, n. An isolated suburban spot where mourners match lies, poets write at a target and stone-cutters spell for a wager.
Quotes about wager (16 Quotes)
Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.
The rhetoric between the U.S. and Iran is heating up, which could mean U.S. forces are planning for a strike within Iranian territory. Everyday Americans are watching this crisis unfold and want the world to know how they feel. When people have the opportunity to wager on these types of events, they are also able to express their views on the matter what they want to happen, what they think will happen. Everybody bets and everybody should be grateful that we live in a free country where we can express our opinions, either verbally or with the click of a mouse by betting on controversial topics.
The Olympics unite sports enthusiasts around the world with everyone cheering on their hometown heroes and admiring the skills of the top ranked athletes. Everybody bets and with some really high profile and sometimes controversial athletes like Bode Miller, there's a lot of hype and interest in the Games. We're happy to offer our fans a chance to wager on the outcome of their favorite events.
I'll wager that 10 years from now, many of you will find yourself following a quite different course all because of an opportunity that came out of the blue,
We're surprised that A-B doesn't seem as certain about their team's success, but we hope they'll reconsider because there are so many NASCAR fans who would enjoy watching this wager unfold. We assumed the folks at Budweiser would have more confidence in their driver's performance, especially given that so many experts and fans expect Dale Jr. and his team to be so strong this season.
I've pretty much kept my nose clean since then, just tried to be a reliable person and show my teammates they can count on me. I respect Coughlin as a coach and I'll wager he respects me as a player.
When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.
Everyone has an opinion on who should win and who will win. And everyone bets. We think by putting up our first group of odds on these Midterm elections, we are giving Americans a chance to say now what they think the outcome will be. Offering odds on political events is the perfect way to let everyone wager on the issues that are important to them.
Whether you're a student, housewife, senior citizen or doctor I think the whole country calls it March Madness for a reason. Whether it is brackets or taking the next step and making a wager, I think everybody's doing it.
Let us wager the gain and the loss is wagering that God is. Let us consider the two possibilities. If you gain, you gain all if you lose, you lose nothing. Hesitate not, then, to wager that He is.
Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.
I'll hold thee any wager,
When we are both accoutred like young men,
I'll prove the prettier fellow of the two,
And wear my dagger with the braver grace,
And speak between the change of man and boy
With a reed voice; and turn two mincing steps
Into a manly stride; and speak of frays
Like a fine bragging youth; and tell quaint lies,
How honourable ladies sought my love,
Which I denying, they fell sick and died-
I could not do withal.
The photo may not be exactly what the Pittsburgh Opera expects, but it carries out the wager and reflects the feelings of all of us at Seattle Opera.
Punters looking for an attractive outsider, however, may well be tempted to have a wager on Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce. Indeed, many already have. It's been an astonishing morning really, ... Pearce has come in from 25s to 9-1.
Defiance ... I would wager she just happens to have gotten those period roles because it was a turning point for women taking place in that period.