#bet

The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else. ↗

— Aaron Allston

#between #comedy #difference #else #happening

As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobs's example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#better #bill #bill gates #billionaires #carnegie

When you make a bet, you're saying something. ↗

— Al Alvarez

#make #saying #something #you

And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#better #better place #good #i #i believe

The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#carries #heavy #taboo #trust

We met with the poet Frank O'Hara, who was a link between Upper and Lower Bohemia, and who worked at the Museum of Modern Art, where we had hoped to do the readings. ↗

— David Amram

#between #bohemia #frank #had #hara

Things have gone beyond my wildest expectations and dreams, and I feel like I've been given so many blessings in my life, between my friendship with the guys in the band, our wonderful audience, being able to play this music, and then my family. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#audience #band #been #being #between

The fewer expectations you have, the better. ↗

— Laurie Anderson

#expectations #fewer #you

But I'd be lying if I didn't say that every time you go to make a film, you're desperate to either do it better than you did it last time or to not repeat yourself. ↗

— Paul Thomas Anderson

#desperate #did #either #every #every time

It's a gamble you take, the risk of alienating an audience. But there's a theory - sometimes it's better to confuse them for five minutes than let them get ahead of you for 10 seconds. ↗

— Paul Thomas Anderson

#audience #better #confuse #five #gamble