Likely Quotes

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There seems to be more opportunities for old guys like me to do a little fighting and running because the lead characters also require a… — Liam Neeson
Is it likely that an aircraft carrier or a cruise missile is going to find a person? — Donald Rumsfeld
... our purpose in founding our state was not to promote the happiness of a single class, but, so far as possible, of the whole… — Plato
As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning,… — Frances O'Grady
Pregnant women are more likely to die from homicide by domestic violence than any other cause of death. — Lois Capps
Just as women supplement men in private life, so they will supplement men in public life by concentrating their organized efforts on those objects which… — Edward Bernays
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and a wife. — Benjamin Franklin
Each man must have his I; it is more necessary to him than bread; and if he does not find scope for it within the… — Charles Horton Cooley
As they were during the Cold War, urban population centers remain the most likely targets of a nuclear attack. Now, however, an attack may come… — Alan Cranston
Individuals who break through by inventing a new paradigm are almost always either very young men or very new to the field whose paradigm they… — Thomas Kuhn
As I've gotten older I've occasionally found myself nostalgic for earlier periods of solitude, though I realize that's also likely a false nostalgia, as I… — Chris Ware
Reality is not always probable, or likely. But if you're writing a story, you have to make it as plausible as you can, because if… — Jorge Luis Borges
Which is more likely: that the whole natural order is suspended, or that a jewish minx should tell a lie? — David Hume
Talent, I believe, is most likely to be found among nonconformists, dissenters, and rebels. — David Ogilvy
We are often confident even when we are wrong, and an objective observer is more likely to detect our errors than we are. — Daniel Kahneman
People who are cognitively busy are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments in social situations. — Daniel Kahneman
It is most necessary to know the nature of the spine.Â One or more vertebrae may or may not go out of place very much… — Hippocrates
I deeply adored my mum. She was an extraordinary person, even for the prejudice I'm likely to have. She was beautiful, amusing, a tremendous elaborator… — Andrew Motion
And yet as a coach, I know that being fixated on winning (or more likely, not losing) is counterproductive, especially when it causes you to… — Phil Jackson
But now all the natural secrets have been exposed, and it is likely that the turtles have been sold to laboratory scientists who want to… — Mary Gaitskill

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