Stakes Quotes

523 Stakes quotes by 440 unique authors

...she yanked open her shoulder bag and pulled out a stake. Boy Scouts and vampire slayers should always be prepared. — Christopher Golden
Bridge-players tell me that there must be some money on the game 'or else people won't take it seriously'. Apparently it's like that. Your bid… — C.S. Lewis
We’re all pros already. 1) We show up every day 2) We show up no matter what 3) We stay on the job all day… — Steven Pressfield
My history is long, and not much of it is good. I can't erase it, but I'm determined not to make another mistake. Not when… — Becca Fitzpatrick
micheal sighed and closed his eyes for a moment'i'm not sure that was a good idea claire:it will be if you go see her tonight… — Rachel Caine
To care about words, to have a stake in what is written, to believe in the power of books - this overwhelms the rest, and… — Paul Auster
To win the big stakes in this changed world, you must catch the spirit of the great pioneers of the past, whose dreams have given… — Napoleon Hill
Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake. — Viktor E. Frankl
Even from far away, I could see people being chased by hellhounds, burned at the stake, forced to run naked through cactus patches or listen… — Rick Riordan
That's the thing: We didn't really care. A world without love is also a world without stakes. — Lauren Oliver
He also deeply distrusts vampires, as you had guessed yourself,” Bones added. “Aside from that, all I heard was enough repetitions of ‘how many chucks… — Jeaniene Frost
But I am, personally, not a gambler. I wouldn’t spend £1 on the lottery, let alone take a punt on a pregnancy. The stakes are… — Caitlin Moran
The fellow who tends the greenhouse gardens? Trust me, Lady, you'd let him stake your tomatoes. — Kristin Cashore
There is something deeply hypocritical in a society that holds an inner-city child only eight years old "accountable" for her performance on a high-stakes standardized… — Jonathan Kozol
...Ivy’s COOK THE STEAK, DON’T STAKE THE COOK apron... — Kim Harrison
Never underestimate the potential for human stupidity when wealth and power are at stake. — Raymond E. Feist
That was interesting, to find that it wasn't hunger that caused children to become bullies on the street. The bulliness was already in the child,… — Orson Scott Card
At the end of our lives it is our loves we remember most, because they are what shaped us. We have grown to be who… — Anna Funder
I want karma to drive stakes into the dark hearts that keep me bitter. — Corey Taylor
The government to you is what God is to agnostics--only to be invoked when your own well being is at stake. — Amitav Ghosh
I do not think I exaggerate when I say that some of us put our offering in the plate with a kind of triumphant bounce… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The name says it all. That's where Dad (Hades) tries out his new punishment ideas, but he says the traditional ones still work best: the… — Rick Riordan
Once leprosy had gone, and the figure of the leper was no more than a distant memory, these structures still remained. The game of exclusion… — Michel Foucault
Write words you’re willing to burn at the stake for. Write words you’d believe in even if the rest of the world didn’t. — Lauren DeStefano
Having a moment of clarity was one thing; I'd had moments like that before. It had to be followed with a dedicated push of daily… — Anthony Kiedis

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