#likely

But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes. ↗

— Robert Shea

#ideals #likely #more #organization #original

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

— George G. Simpson

#any #case #complete #discovery #recognize

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#his #keep #likely #lose #man

Very likely education does not make very much difference. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#does #education #likely #make #much

I recognized that information was, in many respects, like a public good, and it was this insight that made it clear to me that it was unlikely that the private market would provide efficient resource allocations whenever information was endogenous. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

#efficient #good #i #information #insight

Conserving energy and thus saving money, reducing consumption of unnecessary products and packaging and shifting to a clean-energy economy would likely hurt the bottom line of polluting industries, but would undoubtedly have positive effects for most of us. ↗

— David Suzuki

#bottom line #conserving #consumption #economy #effects

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

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

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