Stakes Quotes

523 Stakes quotes by 440 unique authors

Attorney General John Ashcroft has earned himself a remarkable distinction as the Torquemada of American law. Tomás de Torquemada...was largely responsible for...[the] torture and the… — Walter Cronkite
When a tree has been transplanted, though fierce winds may blow, it will not topple if it has a firm stake to hold it up.… — Nichiren
Acting is not a genteel profession. Actors used to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart. Those people's performances so troubled… — David Mamet
If a betting game among a certain number of participants I played long enough, eventually one player will have all the money. If there is… — William Eckhardt
Wal-mart started selling “Vampire Home Defense Kits”, including holy water, crosses, stakes, mallets, and a book of quick blessings to bar vampires from your door.… — Molly Harper
On Nov. 6, the day before my 94th birthday, our nation will hold one of the most critical elections in my lifetime. We are at… — Billy Graham
Man must have some recognized stake in society and affairs to knit him lovingly to his kind, or he is wont to revenge himself for… — Amos Bronson Alcott
What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now the identity of… — Thomas Frank
Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth. — Thomas Fuller
All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake. — Indira Gandhi
I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life. — Jean Giraudoux
When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose. — Carla Gugino
For the undocumented immigrants, the big priority is just to get out from the shadows, be able to get a driver's license, buy an airplane… — Gail Collins
Thrillers provide the reader with a safe escape into a dangerous world where the stakes are as high as can be imagined with unpredictable outcomes.… — Ted Dekker
I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can… — Benjamin Disraeli
Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at… — E L Doctorow
There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization. — Brad Henry
The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent. — Frank Herbert
Governments take too long to get things done and there are far too many varied interests at stake. If you were starting a business today… — Naveen Jain
We have no reason to expect the quality of intuition to improve with the importance of the problem. Perhaps the contrary: high-stake problems are likely… — Daniel Kahneman
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. — Mary Karr
The war on terror, if this is a war on terror, can only be won by a sincere regional and international cooperation. All have to… — Hamid Karzai
When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities. — Jack Kemp
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. — Henry A. Kissinger
Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy… — Charles Krauthammer

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