Likely Quotes

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One extremely important purpose of emotions from an evolutionary perspective is to help us decide what to remember and what to forget. The cavewoman who… — Candace Pert
Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come… — Condoleezza Rice
It is open to a war resister to judge between the combatants and wish success to the one who has justice on his side. By… — Mahatma Gandhi
Now it is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. If you utterly… — W. Somerset Maugham
That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to… — Ben Jonson
We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we… — Jimmy Carter
Pain or not, I would most likely walk around in a suicidal reverie the rest of my life, never actually doing anything about it. Was… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
We know there are billions of stars and planets literally out there, and the universe is getting bigger. We know from our fancy telescopes that… — William J. Clinton
A golf ball can stop in the fairway, rough, woods, bunker or lake. With five equally likely options, very few balls choose the fairway. — Jim Bishop
If there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake, clearly this must be the good. Will not… — Aristotle
We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully guard against the growing into… — William James
The art of remembering is the art of thinking. When we wish to fix a new thing in either our own mind or a pupil's,… — William James
Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female. — Desmond Morris
Attitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen. — Pat Summitt
When I go to the line I'm thinking 'All net.' When I don't think that, I'm likely to miss. — Larry Bird
A player's ability to rebound is inversely proportional to the distance between where he was born and the nearest railroad tracks. The greater distance you… — Pete Carril
Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding? — Philip Roth
The technology of synthetic biology is currently accelerating at four times the rate of Moore's Law. It's been doing that since 2005, and it's likely… — Stewart Brand
The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they… — George Washington
He who neither drinks, nor smokes, nor dances, he who preaches & even occasionally practice piety, temperance and celibacy, is generally a saint, or a… — Sam Manekshaw

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