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When the human race has once acquired a superstition, nothing short of death is ever likely to remove it. — Mark Twain
Truths are more likely to be discovered by one man than by a nation — Rene Descartes
A humble person is more likely to be self confident... a person with real humility knows how much they are loved. — Cornelius Plantinga
Men differ daily about things which are subject to sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible. — Benjamin Franklin
I know that experts say you're more likely to get hurt crossing the street than you are flying, but that doesn't make me any less… — Ellen DeGeneres
If you question any candid person who is no longer young, he is very likely to tell you that, having tasted life in this world,… — Bertrand Russell
A marriage is likely to be called happy if neither party ever expected to get much happiness out of it. — Bertrand Russell
People who go to the polar regions are statistically less likely to die than salesmen who drive on motorways in England. — Ranulph Fiennes
The places that are most likely to grow trees for carbon sequestration are places where trees aren't growing now. — Robert H. Jackson
I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood… — Leon Battista Alberti
As every scuba diver knows, panic is your worst enemy: when it hits, your mind starts to thrash and you are likely to do something… — Daniel Dennett
Men are likely to be quite generous, especially financially. — Warren Farrell
Without husbands, women have to focus on earning more. They work longer hours, they're willing to relocate and they're more likely to choose higher-paying fields… — Warren Farrell
To keep a diary is to attempt a difficult literary form. Its effectiveness is likely to derive from a special blend of honesty and appetite… — William Plomer
In times of tumult, voters are likely to forgive a president, if not reward him, for compromises made in service of solutions. — Ron Fournier
I'm recording freely, and if I make a song, I release it immediately, so I'm more likely to believe in one song at a time… — Chuck D
Men were only made into 'men' with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally 'a man' any more than the woman.… — Wyndham Lewis
I've found that if I say what I'm really thinking and feeling, people are more likely to say what they really think and feel. The… — Carol Gilligan
I'll give you a list of a hundred ways that I'm more likely to be injured than belting around a race track with people who… — Eric Bana
Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it… — James Bovard
If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people. — Jason Bateman
I regard myself as an actress but, obviously, not in the Dame Judi Dench league. That isn't a problem because I don't think we are… — Kelly Brook
If George W. Bush is given a second term, and retains a Republican Congress and a compliant federal judiciary, he and his allies are likely… — Paul Begala
When you strip hope from people, it leaves a void, and that void needs to be filled. And very likely, that void is going to… — Alfonso Cuaron
We have to learn again that science without contact with experiments is an enterprise which is likely to go completely astray into imaginary conjecture. — Hannes Alfven

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