Likely Quotes

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If I had to put a percentage on it - I'd say not likely. — Forrest Gregg
Fair-goes are not only for oneself, but for underdogs. Even in international sporting matches Australians have been known to switch from their own side to… — Donald Horne
You may be living under the illusion that when God ignites great things in your life, He'll announce it with a big bang. He might.… — Steven Furtick
A cap and trade bill will likely increase the costs of electricity. . . . These costs will be passed on to the consumers. But… — Steven Chu
Surely what a man does when he is taken off guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is. If there are… — C.S. Lewis
...warming of the climate system is unequivocal...most of the global average warming over the past 50 years is very likely due to anthropogenic greenhouse gases… — Rajendra K. Pachauri
On the whole, the evidence indicates that model trends in the troposphere are very likely inconsistent with observations... — David Douglass
All modeling efforts will inevitably converge on the result most likely to lead to further funding. — Unknown Author
There was no direct way to prevent the Boston murders. There are some easy ways to prevent likely future ones: by not inciting them. That's… — Noam Chomsky
Boredom is your window on the properties of time that one tends to ignore to the likely peril of one's mental equilibrium. It is your… — Joseph Brodsky
I do believe that an intimacy with the world of crickets and their kind can be salutary - not for what they are likely to… — Howard Evans
The National Socialist Party will prevent in the future, by force if necessary, all meetings and lectures which are likely to exercise a depressing influence… — Adolf Hitler
The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful. — Mike Krzyzewski
It was chilling to realize that the sentimental qualities most valued between people, like loyalty, constancy, and affection, are the ones most likely to impede… — Ted Simon
Every period of life has its peculiar temptations and dangers. But youth is the time when we are most likely to be ensnared. This, pre-eminently,… — Josiah Johnson Hawes
African-American women who develop breast cancer are more likely to die from the disease than White women of the same age. Survival rates are worse… — Frank C. Garland
I do not believe war the most certain means of enforcing principles. Those peaceable coercions which are in the power of every nation, if undertaken… — Thomas Jefferson
Auto repair, piloting, skiing, perhaps even management: these are skills that yield to application, hard work, and native talent. But forecasting an uncertain future and… — James Surowiecki
I have no interest in teaching writers how to sell. I want to teach them how to write. If the process is sound, the product… — William Zinsser
A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously. — Albert Camus

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