Likely Quotes

2182 Likely quotes by 1547 unique authors

The univers is statistically more likely to be ironic than not, — Orson Scott Card
When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone: there are many, many other things… — Anne Bronte
Why should death make a man truthful, or even clever? The dead are likely dull fellows, full of tedious complaints - the ground's too cold,… — George R. R. Martin
That sounded about as likely as Apophis and Ra becoming Facebook buddies, but I decided not to say anything. — Rick Riordan
He'll be delivered from madness. What then? He'll feel himself acceptable! What then? Do you think feelings like his can be simply re-attached, like plasters?… — Peter Shaffer
Those of us who are most genuinely repelled by war and violence are also those who are most likely to decide that some things, after… — Christopher Hitchens
Yes. To write a novel is to risk my sanity. The deeper I get into the suffering and conflict of the characters, into the very… — Anne Rice
Through error you come to the truth! I am a man because I err! You never reach any truth without making fourteen mistakes and very… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
A person who has not made peace with his losses is likely to accept gambles that would be unacceptable to him otherwise. — Daniel Kahneman
If you think about something for long enough,' she explained, `more than likely, that thing will happen.' She tapped her head. `It's all in the… — Jeanette Winterson
â€¦I'm sorry, and a little dissatisfied as well. Miss Stacy told me long ago that by the time I was twenty my character would be… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
He went in, lean and deadly, and ended the creature with a lightning-fast spike of his blade. It shrieked, likely altering the rest. The death… — Ann Aguirre
In a massive, long-term study of 17,000 civil servants, an almost unbelievable conclusion emerged: the status of a person's job was more likely to predict… — Matt Ridley
It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further… — Malcolm Gladwell
That is like throwing two virgins into a bed. Enthusiasm, passion, and ignorance are not a good combination. Someone is likely to get hurt. — Patrick Rothfuss
..the more you believe in your own ability to success the more likely it is that you will. — Shawn Achor
When dreaded outcomes are actually imminent we don't worry about themwe take action. Seeing lava from the local volcano make its way down the street… — Gavin de Becker
He knows bad days. Bad days take him completely by surprise. They make him not trust the good days because it's likely something is lurking… — Melina Marchetta
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take… — Bertrand Russell
Or had she always loved him? It's likely. Restricted as she was from speaking, she wanted him to kiss her. She wanted him to drag… — Markus Zusak

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