Likely Quotes

2182 Likely quotes by 1547 unique authors

A habit of finding pleasure in thought rather than action is a safeguard against unwisdom and excessive love of power, a means of preserving serenity… — Bertrand Russell
We weren't allowing our hopes to become expectations. Expectations are tempting, pleasant, maybe necessary. They are scary too, once you have had some experience. They… — Wendell Berry
When I ask Plutarch about his absence, he just shakes his head and says, "He couldnt face it." "Haymitch? Not able to face something? Wanted… — Suzanne Collins
That's what you get for telling the truth. Someone calls you a liar. Most people will accept a likely lie to an unlikely truth. In… — Laurell K. Hamilton
The poet must not only write the poem but must scrutinize the world intensely, or anyway that part of the world he or she has… — Mary Oliver
Once a man strays out of the common herd, he's more likely to meet wolves in the thickets than angels. — Walter de La Mare
I know you don't want this, Katsa. But I can't help myself. The moment you came barreling into my life I was lost. I'm afraid… — Kristin Cashore
Mundanes who involve themselves in things they know nothing about are likely to meet unpleasant endings. — Cassandra Clare
If faith is what you have to go on, if faith is the link between your beliefs and the world at large, your beliefs are… — Sam Harris
Choose a companion of your own faith. You are much more likely to be happy. Choose a companion you can always honor, you can always… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator. The more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning to human… — Aberjhani
Valkyrie, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but your friend is most likely dead.â€ â€œOf course heâ€™s dead. Heâ€™s a skeleton. — Derek Landy
Since the primary motive of the evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are most likely to be found is within the church.… — M. Scott Peck
Needing and getting donâ€™t seem likely to match up any time soon... What needs doing is mine to do. — Charles Frazier
Cat, I'll let you in on a little secret. We don't all love our jobs every day. And doing something you have passion for doesn't… — Kate Jacobs
Of all the islands he'd visited, two stood out. The island of the past, he said, where the only time was past time and the… — Roberto Bolano
Lik the tree falling in the forest," says Ira. "Huh?" "You know, the old question - if a tree falls in a forest and no… — Neal Shusterman
Parents always make their worst mistakes with their oldest children. That's when parents know the least and care the most, so they're more likely to… — Orson Scott Card
Rose, I'm an addict with no work ethic who is likely going to go insane. I'm not like you. I'm not a super-hero." "Not yet,"… — Richelle Mead
She was humbled, she was grieved; she repented, though she hardly knew of what. She became jealous of his esteem, when she could no longer… — Jane Austen

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