#likely

It took them only an instant to cut of that head, but it is unlikely that a hundred years will suffice to reproduce a singular one. ↗

— Antoine Lavoisier

#head #hundred #instant #only #reproduce

Driving with one foot on the accelerator and the other on the brake is likely to get you nowhere, but certainly will burn out vital parts of your car. Similarly, cutting taxes on the middle class, but increasing them on the 'rich' is likely to result in an economic burnout. ↗

— Terry Savage

#brake #burn #burnout #car #certainly

I've supported myself by writing since 1992, and I'm probably very nearly unemployable by now because employers are likely to be put off by the long gap. ↗

— Greg Egan

#employers #gap #i #likely #long

People are more likely to pass me on the street without recognizing me, and that's good. ↗

— Hugo Weaving

#likely #me #more #pass #people

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

#behind #better #defines #humans #irrational

Well, developers do want to touch a lot of customers. We have to make our platform very popular in order for them to do that. If we make their jobs easier, then they'll be more likely to stay on the Windows platform. ↗

— Jim Allchin

#developers #easier #jobs #likely #lot

Adults get more confused by social worker jargon. Unlike children, they are also less likely to see two sides of an argument, and they no longer think they can make the world a better place. That can make them rather boring, I suppose. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#argument #better #better place #boring #children

Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#faults #first #may #motor #motor car

Of the many forms of false culture, a premature converse with abstractions is perhaps the most likely to prove fatal to the growth of a masculine vigour of intellect. ↗

— George Boole

#culture #false #fatal #forms #growth

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity. ↗

— Nathaniel Branden

#generosity #higher #kindness #level #likely