Cannot Quotes
17188 quotes by 6763 authors
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Chimps cannot tell us anything about peaceful relations, because chimps have only different degrees of hostility between communities. Whereas bonobos do tell us something; they…
— Frans de Waal
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Many economists are great believers in the idea that everything in nature is competitive and that we should set up a society which is competitive…
— Frans de Waal
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To enter upon the marriage union is one of the most deeply important events of life. It cannot be too prayerfully treated. Our happiness, our…
— George Muller
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One of the joys of working with boys is that you get your pay as you go along. You can observe the results of your…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Landmines distinguish themselves because once they have been sown, once the soldier walks away from the weapon, the landmine cannot tell the difference between a…
— Jody Williams
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How can any company know if its processes, products, people are safe? Only if everyone is watching and telling the truth. The first part can…
— Margaret Heffernan
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The farther we peer into space, the more we realize that the nature of the universe cannot be understood fully by inspecting spiral galaxies or…
— Robert Lanza
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You know, you cannot be comfortable on a high heel shoes the way you would be in sneakers. But, you know, not everyone wants to…
— Christian Louboutin
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The core of my work is dedicated not to pleasing women, but to pleasing men. Men are like bulls. They cannot resist the red sole.
— Christian Louboutin
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Numerically speaking, half the population cannot be a minority. Yet when it comes to women, the numbers plainly show that the mathematically impossible is the…
— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
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It matters whether women sit at the table. No one speaks up for you when you are standing outside with your nose pressed up against…
— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
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Eighty-five percent cannot read when they enter the security forces of Afghanistan. Why? Because the Taliban withheld education during the period of time in which…
— James G. Stavridis
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My contract with my teachers is fair, and is two pages. The union contract is 200 pages. You cannot manage your business when you cannot…
— Geoffrey Canada
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The rates of soda consumption in our poorest communities cannot be explained by individual consumer preferences alone, but rather are linked to broader issues of…
— Geoffrey Canada
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Dictators are allergic to reform, and they are cunning survivors. They will do whatever it takes to preserve their power and wealth, no matter how…
— George Ayittey
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Cricket cannot afford to throw up meaningless games before its benefactors, which is what spectators and television audiences are.
— Harsha Bhogle
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For its health, cricket needs to look outward to the sharpest minds, to people who sustain and nurture brands and often take hard but necessary…
— Harsha Bhogle
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Democracy has always been in crisis: democracy is all about practicing the art of bearable dissatisfaction. In democratic societies, people often complain about their leaders…
— Ivan Krastev
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Living in truth cannot be reduced to having access to full information.
— Ivan Krastev
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