#unlikely

I'm always excited by the unlikely, never by ordinary things. ↗

— David Hockney

#excited #i #never #ordinary #ordinary things

Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I hope that, by the time I die, my countrymen will have become civilised enough to abolish capital punishment. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#become #by the time #capital #capital punishment #civilised

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

— Mary Douglas

#get #i #i am #more #organized

At the highest stage of capitalism, the most necessary revolution appears as the most unlikely one. ↗

— Herbert Marcuse

#capitalism #highest #most #necessary #revolution

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

— Dave Matthews

#beautiful #beautiful things #bravery #gives #hope

Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul. ↗

— Zhu Rongji

#go #haul #honestly #hong #hong kong

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

#combination #event #figure #figure skating #good

Either God is alive, in which case he'll deal with us as he sees fit. Or he is dead, in which case he was never alive, it being unlikely that he died of old age. ↗

— John Ralston Saul

#alive #being #case #dead #deal

It is unlikely Yanukovich won. If he did, his government made it impossible to determine. ↗

— Bob Schaffer

#did #government #his #impossible #made

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

— George G. Simpson

#any #case #complete #discovery #recognize