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Trying to prioritize among things we're unlikely to do is pretty fruitless. — Charlie Munger

There is nothing more valuable then God's widsom. HIS teachers are sometimes the most unlikely people. — Shannon L. Alder

No storyteller has been able to dream up anything as fantastically unlikely as what really does happen in this mad Universe. — Robert A. Heinlein

When I left home, my mum said "Don't forget to write", I thought, "That's unlikely" ... It's a basic skill isn't it ... — Tim Vine

How funny it is that the most unlikely person sometimes becomes your ally. — Simone Elkeles

We save our lives in such unlikely ways. — Neil Gaiman

Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself. — Jeanette Winterson

It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs. — Herodotus

In unlikely places, God frees our hearts to love our neighbors, His children. Inmates, addicts, outcasts. All of them. - Kelli Regan - — Gary Chapman

It seems unlikely that we're alone in the universe. But I'm pretty sure nobody's hiding any contact. — David Duchovny

The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. — Roald Dahl

An employee who's one of hundreds, rather than one of a few, is unlikely to feel personally responsible for helping the organization adapt and change. — Gary Hamel

The same highly unlikely thing never happens to the same person twice. — Cecelia Ahern

An unlikely event is likely to happen because there are so many unlikely events that could happen. — Per Bak

My dream is to try to reach as many kids and readers who might need an unlikely hero to connect to. — Tim Federle

If all you're trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it's unlikely that you'll be very successful. — Michael Porter

It's unlikely that machines would spontaneously decide they didn't like people, or that they had goals in opposition to those of human beings. — Stuart J. Russell

Music so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice. — Robert Fripp

Despite the obvious qualifications of all of Jesse's other sons, God appoints the unlikely David to become the king of Israel. — David Platt

Produce as many ideas as possible. Try to produce unlikely ideas. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Sometimes the newly Marked go into shock. The good news is, if this happens to you, you are unlikely to notice, because you will be in shock. — Cassandra Clare

Sacredness grew like a pearl, sometimes around the most unlikely bits of grit. — S.M. Stirling

I think perhaps love thrives on unlikely circumstances and chance : life thrives on these principles, and is life not love? And love not life? — Brandon Boyd

You run risks. That's the plain truth. You run risks and, even in the most unlikely places, you are subject to destiny's whims. — Roberto Bolano

The perosn who doesn't make mistakes is unlikely to make anything. — Paul Arden

Sif seemed so refined, so graceful, so unlikely to fart or belch in public. — Rick Riordan

Almost all paleontologists recognize that the discovery of a complete transition is in any case unlikely. — George Gaylord Simpson

But I said that you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen. — Mark Haddon

It is very unlikely that [Lasith Malinga] would be able to play in the World Cup — Sanath Jayasuriya

So you're a reader," My mom sighs, as if somehow this elevates Isabel to yet another realm of perfection. — Denis Markell

Geniuses are always marginalized to one degree or another. Someone wholly invested in the status quo is unlikely to disrupt it. — Eric Weiner

At the highest stage of capitalism, the most necessary revolution appears as the most unlikely one. — Herbert Marcuse

It is very unlikely that the computer will displace the books, except in areas where we need information speedily. — Daniel J. Boorstin

If you can't be happy at the prospect of lunch, you are unlikely to be happy about anything — Robert Johnson

I believe in the uncommon, the unusual and unlikely, even the miraculous. I believe in nearly all things except impossibilities. That I can't fathom. — Richelle E. Goodrich

A helping hand can come from the most unlikely of places — Cecelia Ahern

My goal was just to tell the unlikely story in a way that would feel as convincing as possible. — Karen Thompson Walker

In real life a right-angled triangle is very unlikely to have a square on its hypotenuse. — H. F. Ellis

It is likely that unlikely things should happen — Aristotle.

In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. — Barack Obama

The tongueless torturer and the flower of chivalry. An unlikely alliance. — Joe Abercrombie

It is highly unlikely that a structural derangement could produce pain equal in severity to acute muscle spasm. — John E. Sarno

Nobody has a maximum amount of storage for fat, and it's unlikely that we have a maximum capacity for knowledge. — Clay A. Johnson

As Christians, we should be the best collaborators in the world. We should be quick to find unlikely allies and subversive friends, like Jesus did. — Shane Claiborne

Human history began with an act of disobedience and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience — Erich Fromm

The reason she had taken the long way round was on the unlikely chance that she might engineer an "accidental" meeting with Benjamin Cole. — Kate Atkinson

Where religion is trivialized, one is unlikely to find persecution. — Charles Krauthammer

Hermione threw herself down into a chair with her arms and legs crossed so tightly it seemed unlikely that she would unravel them for several years. — J.K. Rowling

Yeah, there's some unlikely beasts in the world, and it's best to stay near the ones that you've bought drinks for. — Tim Powers

For Obama to save himself, he should be thinking about the example of an unlikely Republican predecessor: Richard Nixon. — John Podhoretz

It's unlikely that you'll create something scarce without doing something risky to get there. — Seth

In infinite space, even the most unlikely events must take place somewhere. — Max Tegmark

As long as the peace-makers are armed with assault rifles, it's highly unlikely we'll ever have peace. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian ... or is it? I am not at all sure. — Mary Douglas

On one hand, you couldn't count on anything; on the other, on any given day, change was vanishingly unlikely. — Garth Risk Hallberg

I am an unlikely guardian. A month ago I thought the Medicare doughnut hole was a breakfast special for seniors. I am a care inflictor. — George Hodgman

When you have eliminated the impossible, what is left, no matter how unlikely, is the truth. — Arthur Conan Doyle

But the dream of something unlikely has its own special name. We call it hope. — Jostein Gaarder

A talib fires three shots at point-blank range at three girls in a van and doesn't kill any of them. This seems an unlikely story. — Malala Yousafzai

Nuclear physics is interesting but it is unlikely to help society. — John Cameron

I just became fascinated with how complex and unlikely the universe is and life is and Catholicism gives me an answer to that. — Dean Koontz

Nothing has an unlikely quality. It is heavy. — Jeanette Winterson

The idea that you will make the right decision every time is very unlikely. — Dan Ariely

It seems unlikely that so much literature
could be made from twenty-six letters.
Doesn't it seem it could all be boiled
down to one sentence? — Brenda Shaughnessy

A job is just a job at the end of the day, and work sometimes comes from the most unlikely places. — Dan Bucatinsky

Unless you can begin with an interesting problem, it is unlikely you will end up with an interesting solution. — Bob Gill

Once in a while there are things the brain simply refuses to accept as being true because they appear too improbable, too unlikely, too preposterous. — Walter Abish

Two heads are better than one, not because either is infallible, but because they are unlikely to go wrong in the same direction. — C.S. Lewis

It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to repay their loans. — Paul Singer

I hope this view of the question may be a mistaken one, because it does not seem to me very unlikely that the suffrage will be granted to women. — John Bright

The reality is that a person who has always struggled with numbers is unlikely to be a great accountant or statistician. — Tom Rath

With randomness it is very unlikely to be embarrassed, but even if you get embarrassed, you can't replicate it. — Carl Pomerance

I don't think I'm a revolutionary, and I'd certainly be an unlikely one. — Michael Gove

There's a difference between a miracle, and something impossible. A miracle is not impossible - just merely unlikely. — Nick Nwaogu

When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times. — Mitch Albom

It is possible to move to an enlightened state of mind from a lower bardo or level of awareness. It can happen, but it is extremely unlikely. — Frederick Lenz

By investing at a discount, Benjamin Graham knew that he was unlikely to experience losses. — Seth Klarman

If you don't work very hard, it is extremely unlikely that you will be a good trader. — Bruce Kovner

You're the queen, and it's the queen's house, and whatever Brigan may accomplish, he's highly unlikely ever to be queen. — Kristin Cashore

A scientist is an unlikely character to put at the center of a movie. — Bill Condon

Humor, danger and a twisted tangle of unlikely prophecies make for a page-turning adventure. — Gail Z. Martin

The reader may ask how to tell fact from fiction. A rough guide: anything that seems particularly unlikely is probably true. — Hilary Mantel

As is typical of this God [of Israel], he calls his people into freedom in the most unlikely place. — Mark Galli

Vanity is found in the most unlikely places: in combination with kindness, and selflessness, and generosity. — Ernesto Sabato

Keep thy hook always baited, for a fish lurks even in the most unlikely swim. — Ovid

Remember that God is everywhere, all around us, constantly reaching out to us, even in the most unlikely situations. — The Irish Jesuits

What lies ahead seems unlikely; when it becomes the past, it seems inevitable. — Rebecca Solnit

Jace suggested that the cast of "Gilligan's Island" could go do something anatomically unlikely with themselves. — Cassandra Clare

You two should play nice. You never know when you'll need such an unlikely alley. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Love changes what is probable and makes unlikely things possible. — Ally Condie

Lawyers were notorious for finding cases in the most unlikely places, especially ones with huge potential damagers awards. — Jodi Picoult

Winning the lottery is winning the lottery. It's highly unlikely and very unusual. — Lori Lansens

Vimes hung up the tube. Trolls with a message. It was unlikely to be an invitation to a literary lunch. — Terry Pratchett

Mother Angelica is proof that we are not limited by other's perceptions, and that God sometimes calls the most unlikely people to great things. — Raymond Arroyo

It was unlikely that anyone had ever heard a black person sing country music. — Charley Pride

People of dua are optimistic by definition. They know that dua and thoughts like 'unlikely' or 'impossible' don't coexist. — Nouman Ali Khan

True stories are always good because they're so odd, and so unlikely. — Steven Knight

Chemistry could sparkle in z most surprising places and between z most unlikely people. — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

It really doesn't pay to go back and look again at the things that once delighted you, because it's unlikely they will delight you now. I — Bill Bryson

A neat and orderly laboratory is unlikely. It is, after all, so much a place of false starts and multiple attempts. — Isaac Asimov