Unlikely Quotes · Page 4

No storyteller has been able to dream up anything as fantastically unlikely as what really does happen in this mad Universe.

— Robert A. Heinlein

Music so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice.

— Robert Fripp

“Even those we’ve loved all our lives are highly unlikely to be perfect.”

— Rachel Abbott

“Jace said that the cast of Gilligan's Island could do something anatomically unlikely with themselves.”

— Cassandra Clare

It is very unlikely that the computer will displace the books, except in areas where we need information speedily.

— Daniel J. Boorstin

In the heat of battle, heroes emerge, sometimes from the most unlikely of sources.

— Brian Herbert

Things that appear unlikely, impossible, or paradoxical from one point of view often make perfectly good sense from another.

— Hugh Nibley

I love to do shows in unlikely places, because the audience's expectations are less fixed.

— Zach Galifianakis

Sarah, honey, I hardly think kidnappers are going to take the time to buy a memento of their stay. I could be…

— Christine Feehan

America is built around this premise that you can do it, and there are an awful lot of people who are unlikely…

— Michael Bloomberg

'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' is without a doubt the best film we are ever likely to see on the subject - unless…

— Roger Ebert

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

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

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

Everything in 'The Tudors' is initially based on my historical research, and the fact is that the most unlikely scenes were the…

— Michael Hirst

Charity in the theatre usually begins and ends with people who have a play opening the week following one's own. Their unlikely…

— Moss Hart

Life, by which I mean my life, is a great, or probably the greatest, design, from its very beginning to its end,…

— Kedar Joshi

A family living at the poverty level is unlikely to be able to afford a computer at home. Even with a computer,…

— Margaret Geller

While it is unlikely that poetry or art shall eliminate the reality of war in the twenty-first century, it is thrilling to…

— Aberjhani

Often it was the most unlikely people who found within themselves a spark of something greater. It was probably always there, but…

— Jonathan Maberry

A person who believes that Elvis is still alive is very unlikely to get promoted to a position of great power and…

— Sam Harris

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

So even the most unlikely events have to take place somewhere ...

— David Lindsay-Abaire

You can never be absolutely certain that anything doesn't exist. But you can show that it's unlikely.

— Richard Dawkins

If someone makes you feel wrong-footed, you're unlikely to find them witty.

— Rosamund Pike

In real life a right-angled triangle is very unlikely to have a square on its hypotenuse.

— H. F. Ellis

Free open-source software, by its nature, is unlikely to feature secret back doors that lead directly to Langley, Va.

— Evgeny Morozov

People who need certainty are unlikely to make good entrepreneurs.

— Peter Drucker

Fundamental renegotiation is very, very unlikely to produce any significant change

— Vince Cable

As long as the peace-makers are armed with assault rifles, it's highly unlikely we'll ever have peace.

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

Simply writing a Ph.D. or academic book was unlikely to play much of a role in helping shape people's lives as I…

— Reid Hoffman

Human history began with an act of disobedience and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of…

— Erich Fromm

Trying to prioritize among things we're unlikely to do is pretty fruitless.

— Charlie Munger

You run risks. That's the plain truth. You run risks and, even in the most unlikely places, you are subject to destiny's…

— Roberto Bolano

It seems unlikely that we're alone in the universe. But I'm pretty sure nobody's hiding any contact.

— David Duchovny

If nerves undo you, then you're unlikely to make it as a top footballer.

— Diego Forlan

Produce as many ideas as possible. Try to produce unlikely ideas.

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“The reader may ask how to tell fact from fiction. A rough guide: anything that seems particularly unlikely is probably true.”

— Hilary Mantel