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Franklin P. Adams quote: "Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our..."
Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them. Franklin P. Adams
Is it more probable that nature should go out of her course or that a man should tell a lie? We have never seen, in our time, nature go out of her course. But we have good reason to believe that millions of lies have been told in the same time. It is therefore at least millions to one that the reporter of a miracle tells a lie. Thomas Paine
Ambrose Bierce quote: "You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it..."
You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps. Ambrose Bierce
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to..."
Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps. Friedrich Nietzsche
Look man, we'd probably most of us agree that these are dark times, and stupid ones, but do we need fiction that does nothing but dramatize how dark and stupid everything is? David Foster Wallace
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a..."
The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded on the talent for friendship. Friedrich Nietzsche
Warren Ellis quote: "If contemporary literary fiction doesn't read a bit like..."
If contemporary literary fiction doesn't read a bit like science fiction then it's probably not all that contemporary, is it Warren Ellis
When Stephen King elaborated on his inspirations for his novel "Carrie" he draws from a time when he was a young man, and describes his impression when he came upon a statue of Christ on the cross, hanging there in misery, and he thought "If THAT guy ever came back, he probably wouldn't be in a saving mood." Stephen King
Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Daniel Burnham
Printing mistakes adds value because of the probability calculus, which makes their intrusion into something problematic and almost impossible, even when everything's conceived, precisely, to avoid the intrusion of human error. Romain Gary
he believed that there is no end to the mischief and hatred which men harbor deep in themselves and unknown to themselves and no end to their capacity to deceive themselves and that though they loved life, they probably loved death more and in the end thanatos would likely win over eros. Walker Percy
You were probably educated in the conventional economic theories of your period which were magnificent and most ingenious, but--if you will pardon my saying so--all wrong. Robert A. Heinlein
Jane Austen quote: "Yet there it was not love. It was a little fever of..."
Yet there it was not love. It was a little fever of admiration; but it might, probably must, end in love with some Jane Austen
I remembered lying there in my wet panties, going, “What do I do now?” Jason was asleep, but even if he hadn’t been, I wouldn’t have told him what had happened. I was convinced I’d never have heard the end of it. “Wet the bed like a baby!” he’d cry. Well, knowing Jason, he probably wouldn’t have said any such thing. But in my feverish four-year-old brain, I was convinced he wouldn’t want to be my friend anymore if he knew I was a bed wetter. Also, of course, it would come up every time I beat... Meg Cabot
Hickory dickory dock my daddy’s nuts from shell shock. Humpty dumpty thought he was wise till gas came along and burned out his eyes. A dillar a dollar a ten o clock scholar blow off his legs and then watch him holler. Rockaby baby in the tree top don’t stop a bomb or you’ll probably flop. Now I lay me down to sleep my bombproof cellars good and deep but if I’m killed before I wake remember god its for your sake amen. Dalton Trumbo

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