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2182 Likely quotes by 1547 unique authors

The theist is persuaded that while nothing that contradicts science is likely to be true, still nothing that stops with science can be the whole… — Gordon W. Allport
When we say we are certain so-and-so can't possibly have done it, what we mean is that we think he very likely did. — Logan Pearsall Smith
Truth is a point, the subtlest and finest; harder than adamant; never to be broken, worn away, or blunted. Its only bad quality is, that… — Walter Savage Landor
In most cases a favorite writer is more with us in his book than he ever could have been in the flesh; since, being a… — Charles Horton Cooley
It is more than likely that the brain itself is, in origin and development, only a sort of great clot of genital fluid held in… — Ezra Pound
Business men who are busy the whole day and immediately go to bed after supper, snoring like cows, are not likely to contribute anything to… — Lin Yutang
Those desires that do not bring pain if they are not satisfied are not necessary; and they are easily thrust aside whenever to satisfy them… — Epicurus
Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any. — Igor Stravinsky
Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefore more accessible for women. But the very form… — Kate Clinton
Predictions of the future are never anything but projections of present automatic processes and procedures, that is, of occurrences that are likely to come to… — Hannah Arendt
I get up in the morning and do a seven-minute yoga workout. I know the most likely time I'm going to do something is when… — Mehmet Oz
I've supported myself by writing since 1992, and I'm probably very nearly unemployable by now because employers are likely to be put off by the… — Greg Egan
If with open mind one reads and observes industriously and long; if in so doing one covers a wide field and so covering reflects in… — Louis Sullivan
One thing I feel is this: that a great deal of poetry is the product of adolescence-or of an emotionally adolescent frame of mind: and… — James Agee
Having your book edited is like watching your cat being operated on. It's uncomfortable and someone is probably going to get hurt. Most likely the… — Jenny Lawson
All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and the better I know them, the more likely they are… — Norman MacCaig
Latinos are disproportionately more likely to be injured on the job than other ethnic groups. — Grace Napolitano
It is still more likely that a woman's power would be seen as aggression, and a man's power would be seen as assertion. — Jessye Norman
People who express suicidal feelings are least likely to act on them. — Sinead O'Connor
In America, people of a certain age ask, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' In my house you were more likely to be asked,… — Marisha Pessl
The diagnosis of homosexuality as a "disorder" is a contributing factor to the pathology of those homosexuals who do become mentally ill.... Nothing is more… — Ronald Goldman
If you can stand to wait 24 hours before you decide the fate of what you have written - either good or bad - you're… — Lynda Barry
The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what… — David Petraeus
The most likely victim of actual religious discrimination in British society is a Muslim, but the person who is most likely to feel slighted because… — Trevor Phillips
We could say that people who eat grits, listen to country music, follow stock-car racing, support corporal punishment in the schools, hunt 'possum, go to… — John Shelton Reed

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