Likely Quotes

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In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow - and that is likely to hurt. — Wei Wu Wei
A youth's knowledge is like a cheap shotgun-likely to do as much damage to the owner as to the game. — Austin O'Malley
Unless we as social change agents come from a certain kind of spirituality, we're likely to create more harm than good. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
I think that there is a problem with rewards and consequences because in the long run, they rarely work in the ways we hope. In… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Once you can clearly describe what you are reacting to, free of your interpretation or evaluation of it, other people are less likely to be… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
When we express our needs indirectly through the use of evaluations, interpretations, and images, others are likely to hear criticism. When people hear anything that… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
As a scientist, I don't believe anything. Science shouldn't use the word belief. There are things more likely and less likely. Science can say nothing… — Lawrence M. Krauss
Truth is new, as well as old. It has new forms; and where you may find a new statement, an earnest statement, you may conclude… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Years ago a statistician might have claimed that statistics deals with the processing of data. . . to-days statistician will be more likely to say… — Unknown Author
Speculators may do no harm as bubbles on a steady stream of enterprise. But the position is serious when enterprise becomes a bubble on a… — John Maynard Keynes
For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that I will achieve… — Ron Wyden
There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years.… — Jay Rockefeller
The footsteps a child follows are most likely to be the ones his parents thought they covered up. — James Dobson
He who seeks the Father more than anything He can give, is likely to have what he asks, for he is not likely to ask… — George MacDonald
We are more likely to fail as craftsmen due to our inability to organize obsession than because of our lack of ability. — Richard Sennett
It is necessary to guard ourselves from thinking that the practice of the scientific method enlarges the powers of the human mind. Nothing is more… — Wilfred Trotter
The study of consciousness that can extend beyond the body is extremely important for the issue of survival, since it is this part of human… — Stanislav Grof
Going from PayPal, I thought: 'Well, what are some of the other problems that are likely to most affect the future of humanity?' Not from… — Elon Musk
It was better not to get too close to another person. The closer you got, the more likely you were to get hurt. — Rosamunde Pilcher
I donâ€™t like a man to be too efficient. Heâ€™s likely to be not human enough. — Felix Frankfurter

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