"Sure thing" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... imitated. If you see him, as well as hear his voice, you are sure of what you are doing. Why, think of the big business deals that could be made over the telephone if the two parties could not only hear but see each other. It would be a dead sure thing then. And Mr. Brown wouldn't have to take Mr. Smith's word that it was he who was talking. He could even get witnesses to look at the wire-image if he wanted to, and so clinch the thing. It will prevent ...
— Tom Swift and his Photo Telephone • Victor Appleton
... a great chap for such things. And you'll meet Elam somewhere up there, and you want to look out that he doesn't put a bullet into you. He thinks he's got a dead sure thing on that gold." ...
— Elam Storm, The Wolfer - The Lost Nugget • Harry Castlemon
... th' programmy was called 'Sure Thing' Jones. You c'n imagine why he was called that. He wouldn't even risk bein' honest. Well, Sure Thing watches perceedin's with a good deal of interest, an' he sees Mike disappear 'round a bend of them rapids, his arms an' ...
— Injun and Whitey to the Rescue • William S. Hart
... but Racksole remarked that it was always the business of the police to have a clue, that they seldom had more than a clue, and that a clue without some sequel to it was a pretty stupid business. The only sure thing in the whole affair was that a cloud rested over his hotel, his beautiful new toy, the finest of its kind. The cloud was not interfering with business, but, nevertheless, it was a cloud, and he fiercely resented ...
— The Grand Babylon Hotel • Arnold Bennett
... said it was just like me to leave a sure thing and traffic around over the country, with ...
— Twenty Years of Hus'ling • J. P. Johnston
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