Less Likely Quotes

150 Less Likely quotes by 134 unique authors

Faces are as legible as books, only with these circumstances to recommend them to our perusal, that they are read in much less time, and… — Johann Kaspar Lavater
Cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music. And cooking draws upon your every talent--science, mathematics, energy,… — Julia Child
Sincere thought, real free thought, ready, in the name of superhuman authority or of humble common sense, to question the basis of what is officially… — Savitri Devi
If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves. — Marcus Garvey
It's an empirical question whether training makes one more or less likely to get in a fight outside the gym. In some ways, I'm probably… — Jonathan Gottschall
There's a general intuition around the nonprofit world these days that younger generations are less likely to join. But I have found in my research… — Arthur C. Brooks
After awhile you realize that putting your actions where your mouth is makes you less likely to have to put your money where your mouth… — Criss Jami
The more PR buzzwords you include in your press release, the less likely I am to write you up — Ben Parr
A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage… — Bill Gates
Teaching is a very effective way to get children to learn something specific - this tube squeaks, say, or a squish then a press then… — Alison Gopnik
When people flirt with despair about the future, they are less likely to take the actions necessary to safeguard it, focusing instead on the short-term. — Al Gore
With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the U.S.A. and China. — Umberto Eco
From a scientific perspective there is some indication that a nuclear war could deplete the earth's ozone layer or, less likely, could bring on a… — Herman Kahn
I've found men are less likely to let petty things annoy them. — Marilyn Monroe
If you aren't just brought up in your tribe but interact with other people either directly or vicariously, through journalism and literature, you see what… — Steven Pinker
Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others. — Jonathan Winters
We know that people are less open in conversations if the other conversant puts a cell phone on the table. Even if it's turned off.… — Douglas Rushkoff
Well-read people are less likely to be evil. — Daniel Handler
Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their irrepressible joy in life, they are less… — Dean Koontz
I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely… — Carl Sagan
All I know is that you can get very little from a book that is making you weep with the effort of reading it. You… — Nick Hornby
Xenial' is a word which refers to the giving of gifts to strangers. . . . I know that having a good vocabulary doesn't guarantee… — Daniel Handler
If you feel . . . that well-read people are less likely to be evil, and a world full of people sitting quietly with good… — Daniel Handler
People who carry in their hearts a strong conviction concerning the living reality of the Almighty and their accountability to Him for what they do… — Gordon B. Hinckley
He had learned long ago that, in general, the easier it was for anxious patients to reach him, the less likely they were to call.… — Irvin D. Yalom

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