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Bets Quotes
On risk, wagers, and betting on yourself.
This page's bets quotes range from scientific risk-taking in medicine to the more literal world of sports betting, showing how the language of wagers applies far beyond Money.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we can validate our scientific bets in the clinic, if we can bring valuable new treatments to patients that need them, that will be our ultimate measure of success.
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a general rule, Las Vegas sports books take boxing bets only on major fights.The same is true of most Internet gaming sites. Within that framework, not only does boxing allow participants to bet on their own bouts, it sometimes encourages them to do so.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In America, people with lots of money can easily avoid the consequences of bad bets and big losses by cashing out at the first sign of trouble.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've invested in Newark's children, the schools and teachers, and these are long-term bets that need a number of years to really pan out. We've seen and learned how important it is to listen to the community and really get a sense of what they need and want. And it's a long journey.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The emotional stakes a memoirist bets with could not be higher, and it's physically enervating. I nap on a daily basis like a cross-country trucker.
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I'm not completely vegan - my diet's probably about 80 percent plant based, but I do eat some meat. I try to know where everything comes from, though. And all bets are off if my husband and I go to a really great restaurant.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bitcoins are not a real investment; they are bets inside a casino. If the price goes back up, don't be fooled. In the parlance of popping investment bubbles, it's something called a 'dead-cat bounce.' People who are desperate to keep the game going rush back in, hoping to bring the price back up, but it never lasts.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The press pool was taking bets on how many months I would last. There was nobody in the state who thought I had any shot at being a good senator.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need financial regulation that allows businesses and the banks they use to have access to the tools that help keep prices of consumer goods - like groceries and home heating oil - steady, while ensuring that the taxpayers are never again on the hook for the types of wild bets that helped crash the economy in 2008.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The next episode of 3D printing will involve printing entirely new kinds of materials. Eventually we will print complete products - circuits, motors, and batteries already included. At that point, all bets are off.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there's ever an example of the importance of making bold bets and focusing on what you love, it's Twitter.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best restraint is old-fashioned market discipline, in which financial traders know that they, personally, will lose a ton of money if they take risky bets that don't pan out.
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- Nov 07, 2020