Likely Quotes - page 10

If you have ever asked yourself if there are facts about yourself (about your health, your competence, your prospects) you would rather not know, and decided that there were, you should be prepared to consider seriously the suggestion that the best - perhaps the only - way to ensure that such facts are not imposed on people is by prohibiting investigations likely to discover them. (Daniel Dennett)
It's one of the secrets of strength: We're so much more likely to find it in the service of others than in service to ourselves. View quote
David Levithan
It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play and without too much subduing it. View quote
James Agee
You never know when a new job isn't going to pan out, or circumstances change, and you'll want to return to your previous company. I myself have done this. While being a hothead about leaving a job may seem satisfying at the time, it's just not very likely to serve you well in the long-run. View quote
Alexandra Levit
The man who most vividly realizes a difficulty is the man most likely to overcome it. View quote
Joseph Farrell
Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him. View quote
Dick Van Dyke
We know that people are less open in conversations if the other conversant puts a cell phone on the table. Even if it's turned off. The sign is enough to close the mind and make a prospective client or lover less likely to do what you ask. As people realize this, they'll start putting away phones or turning them off. View quote
Douglas Rushkoff
Most of us still haven't grasped the fact that everything we commit to the digital space - not just our public blogs and broadcast tweets, but every private text message, email, and voicemail is likely to be stored and accessible. Forever. View quote
Douglas Rushkoff
Politicians are very experienced - maybe too experienced - at using body language to signal power and competence. But what these politicians are much more likely to struggle with, or just neglect to do altogether, is communicate warmth and trustworthiness. View quote
Amy Cuddy
Had they known at these moments to be quietly joyful? Most likely not. People mostly did not know enough when they were living life that they were living it. View quote
Elizabeth Strout
It would appear that love is dead. Or very likely in a bad way. (Kate Millett)
If you're powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside. View quote
Adam Michnik
The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie. View quote
Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
In science as in love a concentration on technique is quite likely to lead to impotence. View quote
Peter L. Berger
He wondered if he might be in love, but realized it was far more likely he was dying. View quote
Herbie Brennan
If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get. View quote
Frank A. Clark
I conclude that nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. This is a major reason for promoting freedom. View quote
Rudolph Rummel
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone. View quote
Geoffrey Fisher
The more you fly, the more unsettling it is, because you realize how much more likely it will be for you to crash. I am getting better at it, though. View quote
Kit Harington
'Othello' is the most domestic of Shakespeare's tragedies and the one that's likely to strike a personal note with a lot of people watching it. View quote
Andrew Davies
Love and marriage are wonderful arenas in which to place a character. We are most likely to risk our morals and beliefs while in love. Betrayal gives tremendous insights into a character as well. (Anita Shreve)
If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be true. Then the more times you hear it the less likely it is to be true. View quote
Anthony Holden
Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long. The closer the deadline, the more likely you'll start thinking waaay outside the box. View quote
Adam Savage
One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must. View quote
B. Carroll Reece
It seems incontrovertible to me that there is a global warming effect and that it is going to be serious, probably not in the amount of, say, six degrees warming, but it's likely that we'll get two to three degrees warming and that will be serious enough. View quote
Bjorn Lomborg