Cannot Bear Quotes

123 quotes by 111 authors

A building is akin to dogma; it is insolent, like dogma. Whether or no it is permanent, it claims permanence, like a dogma. People ask… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I cannot bear to think that our young men are merely living four years in a country club and spending their lives wholly in a… — John Grier Hibben
I have come to believe that one thing people cannot bear is a sense of injustice. Poverty, cold, even hunger are more bearable than injustice. — Millicent Fenwick
I know a 'crime against nature' when I see one. It is usually a sign of crimes against nature that we cannot bear to see… — Matthew Scully
I am deeply sensitive to the spell of nationalism. I can play about thirty Bohemian folk songs ... on my mouth-organ. My oldest friend, who… — Ernest Gellner
The great soul of power extends far beyond states, to every domain of life, from families to international affairs. And throughout, every form of authority… — Noam Chomsky
It is a sad moment when the first phlox appears. It is the amber light indicating the end of the great burst of early summer… — Vita Sackville-West
An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of these eyes we cannot bear to look out of; we… — Russell Hoban
What is most original in a man's nature is often that which is most desperate. Thus new systems are forced on the world by men… — Leonard Cohen
We cannot bear for our most mysterious experiences to remain unexplained. I've therefore learned...that every story has worth, since a person takes the time to… — Josh Gates
As I get older I see that running has changed for me. What used to be about burning calories is now more about burning up… — Kristin Armstrong
Many players will not improve because they cannot bear self-knowledge. — David Mamet
It may be laid down as a position which seldom deceives, that when a man cannot bear his own company, there is something wrong. — Samuel Johnson
A man who fears not God, will break all his laws with an easy conscience, but one who is the favorite of heaven, who has… — Charles Spurgeon
Seeing, looking at what others cannot bear to see is what my life is all about. — Don McCullin
I realised that the question I had asked myself while writing this book [Swimming Home] was (as surgeons say) very close to the bone: 'What… — Deborah Levy
Jesus was the consummate scientist. He knew the omnipresence of Light which we have expressed in radio, radar and television, but all He could say… — Walter Russell
The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can… — Neal A. Maxwell
Many of us are equal to life's emergencies who cannot bear its day-after-dayness. — Mignon McLaughlin
I think it's a very central tenet to it yes, it is. I can't bear it, I can't bear inequality, I can't bear bad behaviour… — Janet Suzman

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