Unlikely Quotes · Page 2

The Darkest Minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces.

— Alexandra Bracken

Courage is found in unlikely places.

— J. R. R. Tolkien

“How unlikely! Yet here we are.”

— Jaroslav Kalfar

It is likely that unlikely things should happen

— Aristotle

Unlikely things are often true . . .

— Sheridan Hay

I may grow up one day, It's possible, but unlikely.

— Nishan Panwar

I am the most unlikely star in the world.

— Robin Leach

Your fantasies are unlikely. But beautiful.

— Thom Yorke

I played rugby from the age of 10 until my late twenties; an unlikely player - small, quiet, long-haired and 'wiry.'

— Anthony Browne

As is typical of this God [of Israel], he calls his people into freedom in the most unlikely place.

— Mark Galli

I don't mind being unlikely. I'd rather that than be predictable.

— Sheridan Smith

People of dua are optimistic by definition. They know that dua and thoughts like 'unlikely' or 'impossible' don't coexist.

— Nouman Ali Khan

Support and encouragement are found in the most unlikely places.

— Raquel Cepeda

“I am not myself with people [...] but am I myself when alone? That seems unlikely, too.”

— Susan Sontag

Unlikely things to see in a Valentine's card - "I may be dyslexic but that doesn't mean I don't vole you."

— Russell Howard

... it is highly unlikely that a structural derangement could produce pain equal in severity to acute muscle spasm.

— John E. Sarno

As China is about adaptation, not transformation, it is unlikely to change the world dramatically should it ever assume the global driver's…

— Ivan Krastev

Once in a while there are things the brain simply refuses to accept as being true because they appear too improbable, too…

— Walter Abish

For the three years I was in school training to be an actor, I was told, 'It's very unlikely you'll work at…

— Dominic Cooper

While local economies may experience significant price imbalances, a national severe price distortion seems most unlikely in the United States, given its…

— Alan Greenspan

We cannot simply suspend or restrict civil liberties until the War on Terror is over, because the War on Terror is unlikely…

— Gerald Bard Tjoflat

I do think it's probably true to a certain extent that you tend to sing music that fits your voice. If you're…

— Teddy Thompson

Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little…

— Andy Rooney

Unlikely accomplishments are borne out of single-minded purposefulness. Future superstars don't get there by keeping part of their heart in reserve.

— John Eliot

I've become a collector of stories about unlikely returns: the sudden reappearance of the long-lost son, the father found, the lovers reunited…

— Karen Thompson Walker

All I say is that I think it is damned unlikely that anything like a central cosmic will, a spirit world, or…

— H. P. Lovecraft

Americans and other Westerners who want their families to enjoy the blessings of life in a free society should understand that the…

— Mark Steyn

We have become a plague upon ourselves and upon the Earth. It is cosmically unlikely that the developed world will choose to…

— David Graeber

One of my favorite sketches, and a popular comedy formula, is to put someone with a mental handicap in some kind of…

— Bonnie McFarlane

Mark Twain was so good with crowds that he became, in competition with singers and dancers and actors and acrobats, one of…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Although technology is proceeding at a dizzying pace, I believe that the human mind will always have control of itself. And since…

— Alan Lightman

My experience to date has been that change, particularly relative to business, rarely happens in a revolutionary way. That isn't to say…

— Jeffrey Hollender

I meet you. I remember you. Who are you? You’re destroying me. You’re good for me. How could I know this city…

— Marguerite Duras

Paul's One Way Out is a fresh, intelligently arranged, and satisfyingly complete telling of the lengthy (and unlikely) history of the group…

— Ashley Kahn

So the British, of all ages, still walk the course. On trips to Florida or the American desert, they still marvel, or…

— Alistair Cooke

Two questions help us see why we are unlikely to get what we want by using punishment... The first question is: What…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

What is forgiving? Forgiving is giving up all claim on one who had hurt you and letting go of the emotional consequences…

— Richard Walters

When the people of a nation stop communicating, they lose the common purpose that made them great. Their cities become ghost towns.…

— Jeff Myers

Construed as turf, home just seems a provisional claim, a designation you make upon a place, not one it makes on you.…

— Richard Ford

We should always keep an open mind about any new phenomenon in nature. To merely say that's impossible, therefore it doesn't exist,…

— Gordon Stein