Men made wagers with their judgment, their allegiances, their resources. — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
Tree planting is always a utopian enterprise, it seems to me, a wager on a future the planter doesn't necessarily expect to… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Faith in the supernatural is a desperate wager made by man at the lowest ebb of his fortunes. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Faith is a free surrenderand a joyous wager on the unseen, unknown, untested goodness of God. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I have always considered "Pascal's Wager" a questionable bet to place. Any God worth "believing in" would surely prefer an honest agnostic… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I would wager that the number of civilians that were killed [in] a typical week under Saddam Hussein was probably more than… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill. There is the deadly danger of winning. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
To marry a woman who you love and who loves you is to lay a wager with her as to who will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Generally, a betting system for which each wager depends only on present resources and present probability of success is known as a… — Richard Arnold Epstein Copy Share Image
I'll wager I would have screwed things up regardless. But. . .can you imagine those poor bastards grappling their prey, leaping over… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
A first novel of astonishing force, craft and beauty, The Headmaster's Wager conjures up a dizzyingly evocative wartime Saigon in the story… — Janice Y. K. Lee Copy Share Image
Combat isn't where you might die -- though that does happen -- it's where you find out whether you get to keep… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
Creating a family in this turbulent world is an act of faith, a wager that against all odds there will be a… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I would wager that my job has helped save our economy from the economic ravages of out-of-control environmental extremism. I view my… — Roy Spencer Copy Share Image
Surfing also teaches quality . I will wager that it is not the number of waves that makes a session memorable for… — Shaun Tomson Copy Share Image
Lord Snow wants to take my place now.' He sneered. 'I'd have an easier time teaching a wolf to juggle than you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let us weigh the gain and the loss, in wagering that God is. Consider these alternatives: if you win, you win all,… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I love to gamble, man all different kinds of ways...As far as wagering on sports, I've got some friends, we make some… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible, since, having, neither parts nor limits, He has no affinity to us. We… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
So it is best to keep an open mind and be agnostic. At first sight that seems an unassailable position, at least… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
A wager?" I repeated. "Yes," he said, and gave me a slow smile, bright with challenge. ... "Stake?" I asked cautiously. He… — Sherwood Smith Copy Share Image
TEF is predicated on logic, a simple wager that every human faces: If a reasoning human being loves and values life, they… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
Sometimes a photographer is a passenger, sometimes a person who stays in one place. What he watches changes constantly, but his watching… — Shomei Tomatsu Copy Share Image
It's a flaw in our argument, for sure. By any reading of evolutionary theory, creationists ought to have died out ages ago.… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
When men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe... that the ultimate good desired is… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
You know what they say the modern version of Pascal's Wager is? Sucking up to as many Transhumanists as possible, just in… — Greg Egan Copy Share Image
All the time, I've felt that life is a wager and that I probably was getting more out of leading a bohemian… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
CEMETERY, n. An isolated suburban spot where mourners match lies, poets write at a target and stone-cutters spell for a wager. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I'm not resigned, but I'm realistic too. The statistics in my case are very poor. Not many people come through esophageal cancer… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
There is a deep connection between Bernoulli's dictum and John Kelly's 1956 publication. It turns out that Kelly's prescription can be restated… — William Poundstone Copy Share Image
I saw the world. I learnt of new cultures. I flew across an ocean. I wore women's clothing. Made a friend. Fell… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
I'll wager at the end a body realizes the Lord has already shown Himself. That things as they are -- her hand… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Ralston stiffened at the reference to the stupid wager that caused so much pain and unhappiness. He ignored Oxford's proffered hand, and… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
God is, or He is not." But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here. There is an infinite… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
O Voltaire! O humanity! O idiocy! There is something ticklish in "the truth," and in the SEARCH for the truth; and if… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
If those arrangements [the fundamental arrangements of knowledge] were to disappear as they appeared... then one can certainly wager that man would… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
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![“I love to gamble, man all different kinds of ways...As far as wagering on sports, I've got some friends, we make some friendly bets and sit around. As we [say], we're buying a ticket to the game because we're watching every single play. And then you win, and you get to walk around for days and…” quote by Matthew McConaughey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/16c/matthew-mcconaughey-1902_friendship_i-love-to-gamble-man-all-different-kinds_3006811.jpg)
![“If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible, since, having, neither parts nor limits, He has no affinity to us. We are then incapable of knowing either what He is or if He is. [So] you must wager. Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two…” quote by Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/40c/blaise-pascal-167_affinity_if-there-is-a-god-he-is-infinitely-incom_664912.jpg)
![“If those arrangements [the fundamental arrangements of knowledge] were to disappear as they appeared... then one can certainly wager that man would be erased, like a face drawn in sand at the edge of the sea.” quote by Michel Foucault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/266/michel-foucault-1134_arrangements_if-those-arrangements-the-fundamental-ar_1477581.jpg)