Likely Quotes

2182 Likely quotes by 1547 unique authors

Gideon Lightwood said he was at the Institute in Madrid. What on earth was he doing there?' 'Faffing about, most likely', said Will. — Cassandra Clare
Everything has a spirit and it's all connected. If you think about that, if you live your life by it, then you're less likely to… — Charles de Lint
This forms the nub of a dilemna that every Everest climber eventually comes up against: in order to succeed you must be exceedingly driven, but… — Jon Krakauer
But give up my business? The same business I'd built from the ground up with my own two hands and designer Louis Vuittons? The same… — Darynda Jones
Failure is easy to measure. Failure is an event.Harder to measure is insignificance. A nonevent. Insignificance creeps, it dawns, it gives you hope, then delusion,… — Charles Yu
I wonder if ever again Americans can have that experience of returning to a home place so intimately known, profoundly felt, deeply loved, and absolutely… — Wallace Stegner
He in whom the love of repose predominates will accept the first creed, the first philosophy, the first political party he meets â€” most likely… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is unlikely that many people will take to heart the conclusion that coming into existence is always a harm. It is even less likely… — David Benatar
Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack. — Brandon Sanderson
True New Yorkers do not really seek information about the outside world. They feel that if anything is not in New York it is not… — Jimmy Breslin
I'll scream!" "Likely. If not before, certainly during. I expect they'll hear ye at the next farm; you've got good lungs. — Diana Gabaldon
Any chance heâ€™s turned a new leaf and taken up sailing for real?â€ â€œAbout as likely as me doing it.â€ Hadrian eyed Royce for a… — Michael J. Sullivan
Have you ever been in love, Hadrian?â€ â€œIâ€™m not sure. How do you tell?â€ â€œLove? Why, itâ€™s like coming home.â€ Hadrian considered the comment. â€œWhat… — Michael J. Sullivan
Lassiter came in alone, likely because Doc Jane had returned to the Pit. And the angel was naked as a jaybirdâ€¦ and just frickinâ€™ fine.… — J R Ward
Lie is more worth living, more full of interest when you are likely to lose it. It shouldn't be, perhaps, but it is. When you're… — Agatha Christie
You are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if youâ€™re prepared to defend yourself. — Veronica Roth
When you write, you want fame, fortune and personal satisfaction. You want to write what you want to write and feel it's good, and you… — Dashiell Hammett
Why would the factionless have a high Divergent population?" It sounds like she's smirking. "Obviously those who can't confine themselves to a particular way of… — Veronica Roth
It is likely that unlikely things should happen — Aristotle
She was starting to feel a little like a hamburger at a dietersâ€™ convention. Nobody was likely to snack on her, but absolutely everybody noticed… — Rachel Caine

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