Worm Bet

Famous quotes containing the words worm and/or bet:

    “Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.”
    —Georges Bataille (1897–1962)

    “Alicia Huberman: Look, I’ll make it easy for you. The time has come when you must tell me that you have a wife and two adorable children, and this madness between us can’t go on any longer.
    T.R. Devlin: I bet you’ve heard that line often enough.
    Alicia: Right below the belt every time. Oh that isn’t fair, Dev.
    Devlin: Skip it. We have other things to talk about. We have a job.”
    —Ben Hecht (1893–1964)