Unlikely Quotes

• The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.

  Roald Dahl

  Inspiring, Book, Secret Places

  Roald Dahl (2017). “Billy and the Minpins (illustrated by Quentin Blake)”, p.77, Penguin UK

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• Courage is found in unlikely places.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Courage, Travel, Bravery

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.70, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Success is the next best thing to happiness, and if you can't be happy as a success, it's very unlikely that you would find a deeper, truer happiness in failure.

  Michael Korda

  Funny, Happiness, Success

  "Success!". Book by Michael Korda, 1977.

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• Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Witty, Laughter

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• Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.

  Scott Adams

  Dating, Religion, Principles

  Scott Adams (1996). “The Dilbert principle: a cubicle's-eye view of bosses, meetings, management fads & other workplace afflictions”

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• Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.

  Roald Dahl

  Eye, Secret Places, Magic In The World

  Roald Dahl (2013). “The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets”, p.8, Penguin

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  Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

  Roald Dahl

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Roald Dahl (2013). “The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets”, p.8, Penguin

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• It is extremely unlikely that anyone coming out of school with a technical degree will go into one area and stay there. Today's students have to look forward to the excitement of probably having three or four careers.

  Gordon Moore

  Jobs, School, Technology

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  And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

  Roald Dahl

  Inspirational, Life, Believe

  Roald Dahl (2013). “The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets”, p.8, Penguin

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  But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world, and there's incredible acts of kindness and bravery and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope.

  Dave Matthews

  Beautiful, Kindness, Giving

  "Dave Matthews On His Band's 'Unique Sort Of Love Affair'". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. September 8, 2012.

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• A scientist is an unlikely character to put at the center of a movie.

  Bill Condon

  Character, Scientist

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• Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn't hurt.

  Andy Rooney

  Sexy, Hurt, Gymnastics

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• To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.

  Earl Warren

  Birthday, Children, Heart

  Brown v. Board of Education (1954) See John M. Harlan (1833 - 1911) 1; Kerner 1

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• Things that appear unlikely, impossible, or paradoxical from one point of view often make perfectly good sense from another.

  Hugh Nibley

  Perfectly Good, Views, Impossible

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

  Dan Ariely

  Ideas, Decision, Right Decision

  "Mental depletion complicates financial decisions for the poor". Interview with Kristen Doerer, www.pbs.org. January 19, 2016.

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• Meliorn?” said Clary. “I’ve met you, haven’t I? You used to go out with Isabelle Lightwood.” Meliorn was almost expressionless, but Clary could have sworn he looked ever so slightly uncomfortable. Luke shook his head. “Clary, Meliorn is a knight of the Seelie Court. It’s very unlikely that he – “ “He was totally dating Isabelle,” Simon said, “and she dumped him too. At least she said she was going to. Tough break, man.

  Cassandra Clare

  Men, Knights, Dating

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1178, Simon and Schuster

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

  Mitch Albom

  Love, Heart, Gone

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• Have you thought about His (God) handling of the gospel? God needs to get a message out to the human race, without which they will perish...foreve r. What's the plan? First, He starts with the most unlikely group ever: a couple of prostitutes, a few fishermen with no better than a second-grade education, a tax collector. Then, he passes the ball to us. Unbelievable.

  John Eldredge

  Couple, Race, Groups

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• Be brave. Be open-minded. Be kind. Be forgiving. Be generous. Be optimistic. Be grateful for the many unexpected lessons you will learn. Find the joy inside the hardship. It's there. I assure you. And, too, be open to inspiration from unlikely sources.

  Dana Reeve

  Inspiration, Grateful, Optimistic

  Commencement Address at Middlebury College, May 23, 2004.

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

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Optimistic, People, Definitions

  FaceBook post by Nouman Ali Khan from Aug 07, 2013

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• Nothing has an unlikely quality. It is heavy.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Quality, Emptiness, Heavy

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• This unlikely story begins on a sea that was a blue dream, as colorful as blue-silk stockings, and beneath a sky as blue as the irises of children's eyes.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Dream, Children, Eye

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2016). “Flappers and Philosophers: American Literature”, VM eBooks

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• Getting to number one in the world without a coach is highly unlikely.

  Jim Courier

  Numbers, World, Coaches

  Source: www.news.com.au

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• I would never find myself or unlikely to find myself in a room where I have a skeptic who brought me in. But I very often am in a situation somebody who's there who didn't invite me was a skeptic. That happens all the time.

  Simon Sinek

  Rooms, Situation, Skeptic

  Source: advisor.tv

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• Basketball has taught me that no matter how unlikely something is, if you set a goal, and follow after that goal with all your heart, anything is possible.

  Ashley Graham

  Basketball, Heart, Goal

  Source: awesomesportsproject.com

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