Likely Quotes

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Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely. Only with the discovery of the double helix and the ensuing genetic revolution have we had… — James D. Watson
Associate with people who are likely to improve you. — Seneca the Younger
Expertise in one field does not carry over into other fields. But experts often think so. The narrower their field of knowledge the more likely… — Robert A. Heinlein
Composers are influenced by all the important music in their lives - and I suppose that since radio started playing popular music, that's as likely… — Jonny Greenwood
I think there in a great deal to be said for religious education in the sense of teaching about religion and biblical literacy. Both those… — Richard Dawkins
If you have a faith, it is statistically overwhelmingly likely that it is the same faith as your parents and grandparents had. No doubt soaring… — Richard Dawkins
I think it was David Hume who put it slightly vulgarly, this was again about the virgin birth I think. Which is more likely... that… — Christopher Hitchens
I mean by intellectual integrity the habit of deciding vexed questions in accordance with the evidence, or of leaving them undecided where the evidence is… — Bertrand Russell
In short, evolution is as close to being a scientific fact as is possible for any theory, given that science is open - ended and… — Victor J. Stenger
I was educated, I was trained, I was a Presbyterian and I knew how these things are done. I knew that in Biblical times if… — Mark Twain
Imagine a survivor of a failed civilization with only a tattered book on aromatherapy for guidance in arresting a cholera epidemic. Yet, such a book… — James Lovelock
In the matter of a difficult question it is more likely that the truth should have been discovered by the few than by the many. — Rene Descartes
Whenever you look at a piece of work and you think the fellow was crazy, then you want to pay some attention to that. One… — Charles Kettering
What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life… — Ralph Marston
One of the special beauties of America is that it is the only country in the world where you are not advised to learn the… — Quentin Crisp
When you have only a single dream it is more than likely to come true - because you keep working toward it without getting mixed… — Marilyn Monroe
Your most profound and intimate experiences of worship will likely be in your darkest days - when your heart is broken, when you feel abandoned,… — Rick Warren
If something happens once, it may never happen again. If it happens twice it most likely will keep happening. — Paulo Coelho
Advertising and the free society are closely connected. Advertising helps to make a free society remain so by increasing competition, and by helping to maintain… — John Treasure
As a rule, dictatorships guarantee safe streets and terror of the doorbell. In democracy the streets may be unsafe after dark, but the most likely… — Adam Michnik

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