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Take it from me: love has all the lasting permanence of a rainbow- beautiful while it's there, and just as likely to have disappeared by… — Jodi Picoult
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man. — Bertrand Russell
He's most likely robbing the bank as a paycheck on the world for winning the ugliness prize at his local fete three years running. — Markus Zusak
I know in the spy movies it always looks really cool when the operative goes from a maid's uniform to a slinky, sexy, ballgown in… — Ally Carter
Xenial' is a word which refers to the giving of gifts to strangers. . . . I know that having a good vocabulary doesn't guarantee… — Daniel Handler
If you feel . . . that well-read people are less likely to be evil, and a world full of people sitting quietly with good… — Daniel Handler
If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like… — Larry McMurtry
The ability to retain a child's view of the world with at the same time a mature understanding of what it means to retain it,… — Mortimer Adler
It is this mythical, or rather symbolic, content of the religious traditions which is likely to come into conflict with science. This occurs whenever this… — Albert Einstein
People who carry in their hearts a strong conviction concerning the living reality of the Almighty and their accountability to Him for what they do… — Gordon B. Hinckley
It was likely that no one had been surprised, however, as it was clear that Aline and Mckenna belonged together. There was something invisible and… — Lisa Kleypas
All I have to do is keep my spirit, feelings and conscience like a sheet of blank paper, and let the Spirit and power of… — Brigham Young
Tell a devout Christian that his wife is cheating on him, or that frozen yogurt can make a man invisible, and he is likely to… — Sam Harris
No more Dane,” he eventually said with unnerving finality. I tried to be funny. “I can't decide if that means you don't want me to… — Lisa Kleypas
Present global culture is a kind of arrogant newcomer. It arrives on the planetary stage following four and a half billion years of other acts,… — Carl Sagan
The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in… — Albert Einstein
The taipan is the one to watch out for. It is the most poisonous snake on Earth, with a lunge so swift and a venom… — Bill Bryson
Kartik places a sovereign in the lady's cup, and I know that it's likely all he has. "Why did you do that?" I ask. He… — Libba Bray
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
And make no mistake: irony tyrannizes us. The reason why our pervasive cultural irony is at once so powerful and so unsatisfying is that an… — David Foster Wallace
The very beginning of Genesis tells us that God created man in order to give him dominion over fish and fowl and all creatures. Of… — Milan Kundera
When the Lord finished the world, he pronounced it good. That is what I said about my first work, too. But Time, I tell you,… — Mark Twain
I am only trying to call attention to a fact; the fact that this year, of this month, or, more likely, this very day, we… — C.S. Lewis
All penguins are the same below the surface, which I think is as perfect an analogy as we're likely to get for the futility of… — Russell Brand
A man who has lived in many places is not likely to be deceived by the local errors of his native village; the scholar has… — C.S. Lewis

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