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
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
Vital parishes built on the Bible and the sacraments, committed to evangelizing their neighborhoods, will continue to flourish. The poor will be… — George Weigel 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 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
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
Men made wagers with their judgment, their allegiances, their resources. — Guy Gavriel Kay 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
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
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
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
He is no true reader who has not experienced the reproachful fascination of the great shelves of unread books, of the libraries… — George Steiner 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
Faith in the supernatural is a desperate wager made by man at the lowest ebb of his fortunes. — George Santayana 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
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
In various and different circumstances certain objects and individuals are going to turn out to be vital. The wager of survival cannot,… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
I think that in terms of who is known the world over, I would wager that it's probably someone like Mark Wahlberg… — Adam Richman Copy Share Image
