Top 229 Jeopardy Quotes & Sayings

Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it’s realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy.

Jeopardy' is an institution, and people know what to expect from it and what the game's about.

I haven't been sorting through each and every aspect of this. Here's what I know: Hillary Clinton was an outstanding Secretary of State. She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy.' Mr. Wallace pressed further on the jeopardy angle, and Mr. Obama responded again: 'I continue to believe that she has not jeopardized America's national security. Now what I've also said is that - and she has acknowledged - that there's a carelessness, in terms of managing emails...'"

I really underestimated how many people are paying attention to 'Jeopardy' and what's out there.

America is the first culture in jeopardy of amusing itself to death.

Well, I refer to Celebrity Jeopardy as the short-bus Jeopardy, because it is a lot easier. Like, there was a whole column basically naming stores in New York.

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy.

Merv Griffin, who developed Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, had a great line once. I used to personally answer all the mail that came in to Jeopardy! whether it was favorable or unfavorable, and Merv said, You know how I handle the nasty mail? I said no. He just grabbed it and folded it up and crunched it up and threw it in the wastebasket. He said, I don't bother with it.

Delaware's firefighters put their lives in jeopardy every day in an effort to keep families safe.

It doesn't matter how smart you are; to audition for 'Jeopardy,' you just have to luck out and know what they're asking you that day.

If we don't have a vigorous questioning, aggressive journalistic community and mythology, democracy itself is in great jeopardy.

Let's be clear. The planet is not in jeopardy. We are in jeopardy. We haven't got the power to destroy the planet - or to save it. But we might have the power to save ourselves.

I'm biased, but I think 'Jeopardy!' is the best game around, and getting more eyeballs on it is great in my book.

The actions of hedge fund managers in exercising their fiduciary responsibilities to their investors is not the reason why Chrysler is in jeopardy.

If the main character's not in jeopardy - physical, psychological, emotional, whatever - then you don't have any tension, and you don't have a story.

Jeopardy!' is a bigger deal than I realized.

When a large financial institution is allowed to fail, you put in jeopardy hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people.

...The very nature of interstate war puts innocent civilians into great jeopardy, especially with modern technology.

We live in an epoch where rational reasoning associated with evidence isn't universally accepted and is, in fact, in jeopardy. That worries me a lot.

I do agree that the science is not settled on this. The idea we would put Americans' economy in jeopardy based on scientific theory that is not settled yet to me is nonsense. Just because you have a group of scientists who stood up and said this is the fact... Galileo got outvoted for a spell. To put Americans' economic future in jeopardy, asking us to cut back in areas that would have monstrous economic impact on this country is not good economics and I would suggest is not necessarily good science.

By background I'm both a Quaker and a Yorkshireman, which I like to call double jeopardy.

Hillary Clinton was an outstanding secretary of state. She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy.

In Stage I, divorces were not allowed, so men's [sexual] affairs did not put women's economic security in jeopardy; in Stage II, affairs could lead to divorce, so men's affairs did place women's economic security in jeopardy. We did not want political leaders who would be role models for behavior that would put women's economic security in jeopardy.

I kind of didn't look at anyone else's strategy for 'Jeopardy!' I thought, I'm going to build this from the ground up... If I had never seen a 'Jeopardy!' game played before, what would I have to do to play it to maximize my winnings, maximize my chances of winning?

During the whole 'Jeopardy' experience, I felt like I was living a bit of a double life, I would be secretly flying out to L.A. to tape new shows, hoping that none of my coworkers would notice the absence and figure out what was going on. 'Jeopardy' tries very hard to keep their secrets.

Well, I refer to 'Celebrity Jeopardy ' as the short-bus 'Jeopardy,' because it is a lot easier. Like, there was a whole column basically naming stores in New York.

I believe the 'Jeopardy!' test is more difficult than being a contestant on the program.

I'm always really confident when I play 'Jeopardy.'

You can never get enough of 'Jeopardy.'

I think what makes 'Jeopardy!' special is that, among all the quiz and game shows out there, ours tends to encourage learning.

I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy.

I tried out for 'Jeopardy' once, when they came to Cleveland, but I didn't make it.

If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.

You know, another thing people don't realize is that there's a ton of luck in 'Jeopardy.'

Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.

I am in awe of Ken Jennings's accomplishments, as all 'Jeopardy!' fans are. Simply being compared to him is an honor.

With Obamacare's fate in jeopardy, Democrats have no solutions to solve the mess they forced upon Americans.

Choose life over death, Niko, when a choice can be made that puts no soul in jeopardy.

Taking action against a show because of one individual's behavior could put hundreds of jobs in jeopardy.

I don't want to have so much humor [in films] that it undermines the jeopardy, but enough to sometime relieve tension.

No matter how many times you save the world, it always manages to get back in jeopardy again.

I want to understand how best to create and preserve a form of higher education that we value but that is in jeopardy for many reasons.

You need to pick your spots and bet big when you identify them. That's basically my 'Jeopardy!' strategy in a nutshell.

The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.

In Chicagoland, they had afternoon 'Jeopardy!' and afternoon Cubs games when they were at home, so that was basically what I would watch and it's what got me interested in Jeopardy! and sports statistics at an early age.

You can save the city, but having the city be in jeopardy is one thing and having the people you care about be in jeopardy is another.

Civilization as we know it today would be in jeopardy if the Republicans win the Senate.

Easily the hardest 'Jeopardy!' categories to study in the kids' section are the so-called 'trashy' pop culture ones.

I hope that my 'Jeopardy' run helps destigmatize sports betting because I have certainly dealt with some stigmas.

Let's put it in perspective at the United States Supreme Court, which hears maybe 60 cases a year, most of the cases are resolved without much dispute. The 10 or 15 that are controversial we all know about, and we hear about. The federal courts hear just a tiny sliver of the cases that go to court in this country. Most of the cases are in the state courts. And most legal issues never go to court. So, the legal system is actually not in jeopardy. At the same time, access to law is in jeopardy.

Washington, D.C., has for too long ignored the reality that if we do not invest in infrastructure in urban America we are doing so at the jeopardy of the economy.

'Jeopardy!' contestant Ken Jennings' winning streak has been nothing short of remarkable.

For a comic to put a public performance in jeopardy for a snickering little laugh - no, no, no, I don't believe in it.

I can't relax and sink back in the couch and watch 'Jeopardy!' the way I used to.

In terms of music, I can try anything I want, even something that doesn't work at all, because I'm not putting my career in jeopardy.

I'm afraid, as true as love is, it is tested by circumstance and sometimes you don't make the best choices. As much as the fans claim [that] all they want is just want people sitting around and having a nice time together, trust me, you would not be watching the show if there wasn't conflict, if there wasn't drama, if there wasn't jeopardy. And it's not just physical jeopardy, it's romantic jeopardy as well.

Realization of this need means adults must awaken to the urgency of the young people's unrest-in other words there must be created an adult unrest against the inequities and injustices in the present system. If the government is in jeopardy, it is not because we are unable to cope with revolutionary situations. Jeopardy means that either the leaders or the people do not realize they have all the tools required to make the revolution come true. The tools and the opportunity exist. Only the moral imagination is missing.

Getting onto 'Jeopardy!' was a pet project my whole life, so it was something I was willing to work really hard on.

Parenting is much more nerve-wracking than 'Jeopardy!'

The decision to withdraw our missile defense sites from Poland put us in greater jeopardy, in my view.