Likelihood Quotes

109 quotes by 101 authors

When a manager openly expresses his faith in an employee's skill, he doesn't just improve mood and motivation; he actually improves their likelihood of succeeding. — Shawn Achor
Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was… — Aldrich Ames
In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing the likelihood of… — Herman Kahn
To come to grips with creativity, I must ask creative, adventurous questions - the kind which, in all likelihood, cannot be answered. — Lukas Foss
If we define risk as 'the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,' inaction is the greatest risk of all. — Tim Ferriss
There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom. The glib supposition of utilizing atomic energy when our coal has run… — Robert Andrews Millikan
Well, if there's an infinite amount of chances for something to happen, then eventually it will happen - no matter how small the likelihood. — Alex Garland
We need to tell people not to be helpful. Trying to be helpful and giving advise are really ways to control others. ... Advice, recommendations,… — Peter Block
I more or less intended it (the farewell tour) to be for the United Kingdom and not so much over here, but everywhere I've worked,… — Don Williams
I have watched patients stand and gaze longingly toward the city they in all likelihood will never enter again. It means liberty and life; it… — Nellie Bly
Rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him — Sun Tzu
It is false to say that what we donâ€™t know canâ€™t hurt us, especially when it comes to the Bible. If ever there were anything… — R. C. Sproul, Jr.
Well, I hate to tell youbut if you have a flu shot for more than five years in a row, there's ten times the likelihood… — Bill Maher
Bridges are burning all around us; bridges to responses that might have mitigated the already brutal (and just beginning) ravages of Peak Oil; bridges to… — Michael Ruppert
There is exactly the same degree of possibility and likelihood of the existence of the Christian God as there is of the existence of the… — Bertrand Russell
...The likelihood of treatment (of any one patient) increases with the length of time since the origin of the disease. ...Those cases in which the… — Hardin B. Jones
The public hardly suspects that their purchase of cosmetics, pet food, toothpaste, eggs and other common items have, in all likelihood, caused some form of… — Marianne Thieme
We cannot doubt that barbaric people receive such influences more visibly and obviously, and in all likelihood more easily and fully than we do, for… — William Butler Yeats
Prepare for every negotiation... 1) Focus on Outcomes. What is it that you want to walk away with? Being as specific as possible also increases… — Lois P Frankel
I have relentlessly beat the drum for Google's 'two-step' authentication systems for Gmail and other services, which radically reduce the likelihood that your account can… — James Fallows

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