#unlikely

The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it. ↗

— Tom Peters

#because #being #believing #change #change the world

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

— John Podhoretz

#example #himself #nixon #obama #predecessor

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

— Bob Schaffer

#did #government #his #impossible #made

That so unlikely an outcome should accrue to a man possessed of such limited talent and so many flaws, and one lacking in a sense of ethics and decency was one of the bitter ironies of history. ↗

— William Thomas Green Morton

#decency #ethics #flaws #history #ironies

It's very unlikely that we're going to send more troops to Iraq. We are going to have to train the Iraqis faster and harder. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#going #harder #iraq #iraqis #more