Sometimes betting a long shot's the only way to win big.

Once the war began, the government could do anything 'necessary' to win it; so it was with the 'final solution of the Jewish problem,'…

— Milton Mayer

In most betting shops you will see three windows marked 'Bet Here', but only one window with the legend 'Pay Out'.

— Jeffrey Bernard

Betting on football had been banned and, if anything, things got worse. I'd bet on horses instead. I knew absolutely nothing about horses.

— Kyle Lafferty

“Winning is never about luck alone — it's about timing, patience, and trusting the game.”

— PKBook99

Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.

— George Soros

Can you make fancy patterns of water that actually have some computation power? I'm betting that fluids are complex enough to do this.

— Terence Tao

I hope that my 'Jeopardy' run helps destigmatize sports betting because I have certainly dealt with some stigmas.

— James Holzhauer

The financial crisis of 2008 was not caused by investment banks betting against the housing market in 2007. It was caused by the fact…

— James Surowiecki

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…

— Bobby Riggs

When I'm introspective about the last few years I think the biggest mistake that we made, as a company, is betting too much on…

— Mark Zuckerberg

When you talk about locker room betting, we bet on everything... It's no different than anyone else's office pool. Money changes hands in the…

— Albert Belle

In betting on races, there are two elements that are never lacking - hope as hope, and an incomplete recollection of the past.

— E. V. Lucas

Hold'em - like life itself - has its defining moment. It's the flop. When you see the flop, you're looking at 71 percent of…

— Lou Krieger

The trading rules I live by are: 1. Cut losses. 2. Ride winners. 3. Keep bets small. 4. Follow the rules without question. 5.…

— Ed Seykota

We are far betting dealing with the big losses-death, divorce, debt, and debilitating illness-than with the daily onslaught of little losses.

— Sarah Ban Breathnach