57 Omaha Quotes
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Famous Omaha Quotes
I, Lawrence Klein, was born in Omaha, Nebraska, as were my elder brother and younger sister. — Lawrence Klein
I, Lawrence Klein, was born in Omaha, Nebraska, as were my elder brother and younger sister. — Lawrence R. Klein
I grew up in Omaha and Milwaukee, and was always a very inquisitive kid. — Steven Gundry
If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you. — Paul Newman
The City that knows how. — William Howard Taft
Play the hand you're dealt. — Jawaharlal Nehru
Chicago - a pompous Milwaukee. — Leonard Louis Levinson
Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker. — Matt Damon
You're all playin' for second place. — Larry Bird
Six bucks and my right nut says we're not landing in Chicago. — John Candy
When your opponent's sittin' there holdin' all the aces, there's only one thing to do: kick over the table. — Dean Martin
The Babe is here. Who's coming in second? — Babe Didrikson Zaharias
If, after the first twenty minutes, you don't know who the sucker at the table is, it's you. — David Levien
If you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you. — Paul Scofield
In the stock market as in poker, the money tends to move from stupid to intelligent hands. — Thomas Phelps
Short Omaha Quotes
- If I'm lucky, in a month from now, best-case scenario, I'm managing a Cinnabon in Omaha. — Saul
- When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits. — Warren Buffett
- The first dead man on Omaha Beach must be a sailor! — Paddy Chayefsky
- Omaha is a little like Newark, without Newark's glamour. — Joan Rivers
- Every city I go to is an opportunity to paint, whether it's Omaha or Hawaii. — Tony Bennett
- Omaha is a game that was invented by a sadist and is played by masochists. — Shane Smith
- You can park your snark at the gate, Omaha. — Rainbow Rowell
People Writing About Omaha
| Name | Quotes | Likes |
|---|---|---|
 Lawrence Klein |
9 | 131 |
 Lawrence R. Klein |
11 | 123 |
 Steven Gundry |
106 | 1 |
 Paul Newman |
148 | 1212 |
 William Howard Taft |
124 | 1425 |
 Jawaharlal Nehru |
133 | 1769 |
More Omaha Quotes
I think you should read everything you can. In my case, by the age of 10, I'd read every book in the Omaha public library about investing, some twice. You need to fill your mind with various competing thoughts and decide which make sense. — Warren Buffett
The business can be frustrating. For me, Omaha is a rounding foundation. I was raised in a very faith-filled household, very hardworking. It made me aware of what privilege is. And it's a place I can go back to, spend time with nieces and nephews, celebrate the things that have nothing to do with the hubbub of Hollywood. — Nicholas D'Agosto
Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down. — Warren Buffett
THE FACT THAT MY DAD IS A PREACHER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING. HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T AGREE WITH SOME OF MY MATERIAL BUT THEN AGAIN THERE'S NO SIGN ON MY COMEDY EVENT THAT SAYS "REVIVAL HERE TONIGHT". IM SURE GOD HAS MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO THAN GO TO MY 8 OCLOCK OMAHA SHOW. THE SHOW IS THE SHOW AND CHURCH IS CHURCH. — Larry the Cable Guy
You try to tell me anything about the newspaper business! Sir, I have been through it from Alpha to Omaha, and I tell you that the less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and the higher the salary he commands. — Mark Twain
I have returned many times to honour the valiant men who died...every man who set foot on Omaha Beach was a hero. — Omar N. Bradley
During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history. — Stephen Ambrose
You work three jobs? Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." To a divorced mother of three, Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 4, 2005 — George W. Bush
I have a strange fascination with the Midwest. I'm waiting to find out that my parents are actually from the Midwest. I grew up in Beverly Hills, up the street, and I just feel comfortable there. I've shot in Minneapolis, in Detroit, in St. Louis, in Omaha - they would say they're the Plains, not the Midwest - and I love it. — Jason Reitman
Thirty or forty years ago, in one those grey towns along the Burlington railroad which are so much greyer to-day than they were then, there was a house well know from Omaha to Denver for its hospitality and for a certain charm of atmosphere. — Willa Cather
Going to Omaha for the College World Series - the people there are tremendous - huge crowds and a lot of excitement. I still remember those days - you make a lot of friends that you never forget when you win a championship like that. — Roger Clemens
I actually do quite well in Omaha. It's one of my better games. I love pot-limit Omaha and Omaha high-low. I do quite well in them. If I play in a casino, I usually play some kind of mixed game with Omaha and hold 'em. — Chris Moneymaker
I try to do what I call the three E's - educate, entertain, and enlighten. If you don't entertain, no one will show up. But you also have to educate, because people want to discover specific things about a world unlike their own - whether it's how hard it is to go to the moon or how scary it is to be on Omaha Beach. — Tom Hanks
There would be economic disruption in Omaha from expanded gambling...You would just be moving Chernobyl closer to the population center — John Warren Kindt
To see for themselves what the United States has been willing to undertake in the name of freedom. We should all visit Normandy. We should pay homage to those brave Americans who stormed ashore at Omaha Beach and gave their lives for the freedom of others. — Fatos Nano
I'm comfortable with the hold 'em, Omaha and stud high-low. But the other two games aren't my strongest games. I'm not comfortable at all with razz or stud. — Chris Moneymaker
My early education was in the public school system of Omaha, where, retrospectively, I realize that my high school training served me in good stead for the basic subjects of mathematics, English, foreign languages and history. — Lawrence R. Klein
I'm always thinking, 'my career is over, I have to move back to Omaha, and work on the railroad, with the rest of my family. So no, I'm never thinking I've 'arrived.' I think that's a good way to be. — Adam DeVine
I mean, they were getting the mortgage of some guy in Omaha, you know, securitized a couple of times. I mean he had all these - they had all these types from Wall Street, you know, and they had advanced degrees, and they look very alert, and they came with these - they came with these things that said gamma and alpha and sigma and all that. And all I can say is beware of geeks, you know, bearing formulas. They've heard that in Europe. — Warren Buffett
My wife Jennifer's family is all from there. Jennifer grew up there, so we have personal ties forever - her mom, dad, her brother, her twin brother - so, there's certainly a personal connection there that will also be there. Also, even though I grew up in Omaha, I feel like I really grew up in Milwaukee. — Peter Buffett
Well, when people ask where I'm from, I usually say the Midwest, because that covers both homes, in a way. Obviously I was born in Omaha, but when people say, "Where do you come from," we'll say Milwaukee. I mean Jennifer was certainly born in Milwaukee, and that's where I spent a big chunk of my adult life, so we usually say we came here from Milwaukee. That's usually how it's referenced is we're from Milwaukee, yeah. — Peter Buffett
To me the biggest waste of time is commuting. First, there is no place that is less than a two-hour commute from New York. You can be half a mile outside of the city limits; you're two hours away by car. I don't care how close they tell you it is. "Oh, it's only thirty miles." Thirty miles? At 8:30 in the morning, thirty miles outside New York, you might as well be starting out in Omaha. — Fran Lebowitz
Edmonton is Canada's answer to Omaha. Solid, unassuming, and surrounded by a whole lot of nothing. It's a place that makes you think of sensible shoes. — Kathy Reichs
My early education was in the public school system of Omaha, where, retrospectively, I realize that my high school training served me in good stead for the basic subjects of mathematics, English, foreign languages and history. — Lawrence Klein
The Dead and Those About to Die is a gripping, first-hand account of the desperate battle for Omaha Beach on D-Day by the legendary 1st Infantry Division, the Big Red One. On the 70th anniversary of that momentous event, John C. McManus’s tale of courage under fire is a vivid reminder that freedom isn’t free and that when the chips are down stalwart American soldiers will always answer the call of duty. — Carlo D'Este
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