“If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher.”
Debbie Macomber (1948) American writer
Source: Mrs. Miracle
“If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher.”
Debbie Macomber (1948) American writer
Source: Mrs. Miracle
“I'll bet you say that to all the girls!”
Gracie Allen (1902–1964) American actress and comedienne
Gracie's typical reply in her comedic routines to a slight or insult she has mistaken for a compliment, as quoted in A Pictorial History of Vaudeville (1961) by Bernard Sobel, p. 130; also often quoted in slightly extended form as "Oh, George, I bet you say that to all the girls!"
“I bet you can't eat ten bananas!"
"I bet you're right.”
Sarah Dessen book This Lullaby
Source: This Lullaby
Richard Dawkins book The Blind Watchmaker
Source: The Blind Watchmaker (1986), Chapter 6 “Origins and Miracles” (p. 162)
A. P. Herbert (1890–1971) British politician
Speech to Parliament, 1930s; quoted by Bernard Levin in The Pendulum Years (1970).
“Just because things get a little dingy at the subatomic level doesn't mean all bets are off.”
Murray Gell-Mann (1929–2019) American physicist
Attributed to Murray Gell-Mann by Penn Jillette, Penn Radio (14 February 2007) http://penn.freefm.com/episode_download.php?contentType=36&contentId=364451.
Richard Arnold Epstein (1927) American physicist
Source: The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic (Revised Edition) 1977, Chapter Three, Fundamental Principles Of A Theory Of Gambling, p. 61