Improbable Quotes

156 quotes by 121 authors

Washington's task was to transform the improbable into the inevitable. — Joseph J. Ellis
Maybe weâ€™ll live to see sharks recover. Right now, that seems as improbable as seeing all these falcons. Hope is the ability to see how… — Carl Safina
In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened. — Vin Scully
Our daily life is mostly, made of cases in which we lose money and/or time and/or energy and/or appetite, cheerfulness and good health because of… — Carlo M. Cipolla
I see worries in the fact that we have the power to manipulate genes in ways that would be improbable or impossible through conventional evolution.… — Colin Blakemore
Given the facts, our existence seems quite improbableâ€”more miraculous, perhaps, than the seven-day wonder of Genesis. — Judith Hooper
It must have appeared almost as improbable to the earlier geologists, that the laws of earthquakes should one day throw light on the origin of… — Charles Lyell
The problem is compounded by the fact that the connection between cause and effect seems so improbable. By turning on the lights, filling the kettle,… — George Monbiot
Sometimes a good idea comes to you when you are not looking for it. Through an improbable combination of coincidence, naivete and lucky mistakes ... — Kary Mullis
Avoid restaurants with names that are improbable descriptions, such as the Purple Goose, the Blue Kangaroo or the Quilted Orangutan. — Calvin Trillin
To love someone is to always see them as the miracle that they are; as the miracle that they exist, the miracle that makes your… — Philip K. Jason
Being beautiful is not in the way you dress nor on the pigments you put in your face. Being beautiful is being simple.All girls are… — Galileo Galilei
Look with complete innocence at the infinitely improbable thing before you. — Aldous Huxley
Astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was created out of nothing, and delicately balanced to provide exactly the conditions required to… — Arno Allan Penzias
There is beauty everywhere on earth, but there is greater beauty in those places where one feels that sense of ease which comes from no… — Josef Skvorecky
It's highly improbable in the limitless vastness of the Universe that we humans stand alone. — Charles Bolden
I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and the dreamer of improbable dreams. — Matt Smith
There is a tendency in our planning to confuse the unfamiliar with the improbable. — Thomas Schelling
Destiny is the music of the improbable. Were it otherwise, almost anyone could exist. — Kenneth Patchen
One of the many things I love about bound books is their sheer physicality. Electronic books live out of sight and out of mind. But… — Will Schwalbe

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