Likely Quotes
2182 quotes by 1607 authors
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No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime…
— Hannah Arendt
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We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure the material is not likely…
— Julian Assange
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A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.
— Irving Babbitt
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The question is: how bad do things have to get before you will do something about it? Where is your line in the sand? If…
— Michael Badnarik
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Romney-Ryan is likely the best matched 'team' that has been on a national ticket in a very long time.
— Bob Beauprez
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If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow…
— Joseph Addison
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New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.
— Brendan Behan
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Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.
— Tony Blair
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Reality is not always probable, or likely.
— Jorge Luis Borges
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A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable.
— Robert Bork
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Jiro Ono serves Edo-style traditional sushi, the same 20 or 30 pieces he's been making his whole life, and he's still unsatisfied with the quality…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I like reading, I like boring things, and yet I think people for ages had this image of me that I was on the tube…
— Jo Brand
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There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.
— Nathaniel Branden
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When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies, and the American…
— John O. Brennan
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Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to…
— Anne Bronte
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Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring…
— Warren Buffett
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Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching…
— Warren Buffett
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I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to…
— George W. Bush
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Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity?
— Samuel Butler
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People who sleep around to get roles are frail and scared and most likely without talent. It's their own little horror show that only they…
— Bruce Campbell
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