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2182 Likely quotes by 1547 unique authors

If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely. — Seth Godin
Annabel looked down. Her hands were shaking. She couldn't do this. Not yet. She couldn't face the man she'd kissed who happened to be the… — Julia Quinn
Happy is one of the many things I'm likely to be over the course of a day and certainly over the course of a lifetime.… — Carrie Fisher
We know, for instance, that there is a direct, inverse relationship between frequency of family meals and social problems. Bluntly stated, members of families who… — Anthony Bourdain
...sometimes we ask ourselves why happiness took so long to arrive, why it didn't come sooner, but appears suddenly, as now, when we've given up… — Jose Saramago
Like People, animals will become frightened and likely do whatever you say if you whip them enough. — Daniel Handler
To the non-combatants and those on the periphery of action, the war meant only boredom or occasional excitement, but to those who entered the meat… — Eugene B. Sledge
As Confucius once said, 'He who does nothing is the one who does nothing.'" Gabby pondered the words, the furrowed her brow. "did Confucius really… — Nicholas Sparks
Those things that are the most obvious are the very things we've most likely to overlook. — Pittacus Lore
When our wagon gets stuck in the mud, God is much more likely to assist the man who gets out to push than the man… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
A habit of finding pleasure in thought rather than action is a safeguard against unwisdom and excessive love of power, a means of preserving serenity… — Bertrand Russell
We weren't allowing our hopes to become expectations. Expectations are tempting, pleasant, maybe necessary. They are scary too, once you have had some experience. They… — Wendell Berry
When I ask Plutarch about his absence, he just shakes his head and says, "He couldnt face it." "Haymitch? Not able to face something? Wanted… — Suzanne Collins
That's what you get for telling the truth. Someone calls you a liar. Most people will accept a likely lie to an unlikely truth. In… — Laurell K. Hamilton
The poet must not only write the poem but must scrutinize the world intensely, or anyway that part of the world he or she has… — Mary Oliver
Once a man strays out of the common herd, he's more likely to meet wolves in the thickets than angels. — Walter de La Mare
I know you don't want this, Katsa. But I can't help myself. The moment you came barreling into my life I was lost. I'm afraid… — Kristin Cashore
Mundanes who involve themselves in things they know nothing about are likely to meet unpleasant endings. — Cassandra Clare
If faith is what you have to go on, if faith is the link between your beliefs and the world at large, your beliefs are… — Sam Harris
Choose a companion of your own faith. You are much more likely to be happy. Choose a companion you can always honor, you can always… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator. The more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning to human… — Aberjhani
Valkyrie, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but your friend is most likely dead.” “Of course he’s dead. He’s a skeleton. — Derek Landy
Since the primary motive of the evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are most likely to be found is within the church.… — M. Scott Peck
Needing and getting don’t seem likely to match up any time soon... What needs doing is mine to do. — Charles Frazier
Cat, I'll let you in on a little secret. We don't all love our jobs every day. And doing something you have passion for doesn't… — Kate Jacobs

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