Top 611 Unlikely Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

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.

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

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

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

The conflict in the Middle East is complex, multi-faceted, and unlikely to be resolved anytime soon.

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

America is built around this premise that you can do it, and there are an awful lot of people who are unlikely to have done it who did.

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

It is unlikely that you'll have anything emerge from MEF (Major Economies Forum) by way of detailed programmatic specificity.

Robin could be a backup, to maybe Tim Duncan. That's cool. It's possible, probably unlikely, but it's his dream.

I've written poems about gifts. Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places.

What we are unlikely to do as a leading brand space is just buy revenue or partnership with hotels.

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

In my view, the money is poorly spent and given willy-nilly to people unlikely to get on the winning rostrum.

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

Our process inside the United States government has gotten much better at making sure we touch all possible source of information about a refugee. The interview process has gotten more robust, so we've gotten our act together in that respect. The challenge remains, especially with respect to folks coming from Syria, we're unlikely to have anything in our holdings. That is, with people coming from Iraq, the United States government was there for a very long period of time. We had biometrics, we had source information. We're unlikely to have that kind of picture about someone coming from Syria.

Hysteria is something that I've been interested for a very long time. I thought I might have it, but it seems that it's unlikely.

An IPO is like a negotiated transaction - the seller chooses when to come public - and it's unlikely to be a time that's favourable to you.

With caution judge of probability. Things deemed unlikely, e'en impossible, experience oft hath proved to be true.

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

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

'Unlikely Brothers' talks about the importance of citizen action and shows why and how we can make a difference.

If someone makes you feel wrong-footed, you're unlikely to find them witty.

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

People who don't accept that doctrinal system, they may try to survive in the media, but they are unlikely to.

In the highly unlikely event that the 'Telegraph' was to be sold again, then 'The Spectator' doesn't go with it.

Love is ever where the heart will find it no matter how unlikely seems the place.

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

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

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

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.

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

Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.

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

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

... it is highly unlikely that a structural derangement could produce pain equal in severity to acute muscle spasm.

But if you consider all the unlikely things together, at least one of them will probably happen to each of us.

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

Because I'm short and slim, I can identify with somebody who's an unlikely fit for something and desperately wants to be part of it.

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

Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them.

I love the individual characters that cricket produces and, more than most other sports, the unlikely heroes.

Not long after I got my test pilot qualification, I realised there was no manned space flight programme in the U.K., and there was unlikely to be one.

The unlikely combination of potatoes and pasta does appear in some Italian recipes.

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

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

I'd most prefer to be a free agent and fight up to six times a year, but that is unlikely.

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

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

Unlikely things to see in a Valentine's card - "I may be dyslexic but that doesn't mean I don't vole you."

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

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

Sacredness grew like a pearl, sometimes around the most unlikely bits of grit.

I always say nothing you can imagine is totally impossible. It might be unlikely, but that's as far as I'll go.

Business and leadership is about the future. What worked five years ago is unlikely to work tomorrow.

The Darkest Minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces.

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

Putting, say, an 85 per cent income tax rate is unlikely to bring in much revenue.

The most exciting songs to me are the unlikely hits, when you think, 'I love this, but why is it on the radio?'

Those [scientists] who dislike entertaining contradictory thoughts are unlikely to enrich their science with new ideas.