“If I had to lay bets, my bet would be that everything is going to go to hell, but, you know, what else have we got except hope?”

“You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people.”

“I'm not allowed to bet, but if I could, my money would be on you.”

“Well, what are we waiting for?… She said 'children.' I bet that's anyone under a couple of centuries old. Let's go.”

“This is the first time in my lifetime that a president has been from a city. From a place I would go. He's from Chicago; I love Chicago! I go there! Would I ever go to Wasilla, Alaska? Or Hope, Arkansas? Or Plains, Georgia? Or Crawford, Texas? Not on a bet! There's a reason small towns are small: no one wants to live there.”

“But I want to state, and my words are straight, and I'll bet my poke they're true,
That one of you is a hound of hell... and that one is Dan McGrew.”

“I bet if you go through the rest of your life telling yourself, "I'm sparkling," you'll have a whole different energy and experience.”

“Miss me? Bet you did… so would I.”

“I bet you can't eat ten bananas!"
"I bet you're right.”

“I would be willing to bet that whatever formulations of quantum field theory we have now are preliminary ...”