Cannot Explain Quotes

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Bracketing has turned all my experiences, remembered and present, into a gallery of miracles where I wander around dazzled by the beauty of events I… — Martha Beck
Unable to understand how or why the person we see behaves as he does, we attribute his behavior to a person we cannot see, whose… — B.F. Skinner
There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain. — Georges Braque
You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success. — J. Richard Clarke
Sometimes animals may suffer more because of their more limited understanding. If, for instance, we are taking prisoners in wartime we can explain to them… — Peter Singer
I cannot explain something that no one has ever figured out. — Chris Noth
Of all the sacred places on the coast, none is more comforting than where rivers join the sea. By the river's disappearance we are reminded… — Robert Adams
We admire people to the extent that we cannot explain what they do, and the word 'admire' then means 'marvel at.' — B.F. Skinner
Elizabeth Taylor is pre-feminist woman. This is the source of her continuing greatness and relevance. She wields the sexual power that feminism cannot explain and… — Camille Paglia
If you take away the Jewish contribution to Christianity, there would be no Christianity. Judaism does not need Christianity to explain its existence; Christianity, however,… — John Hagee
I cannot explain why they made that sequel to Secret of NIMH. Because they claim that it the original didn't make money, so what was… — Don Bluth
The evil, Sir, is enormous; the inevitable suffering incalculable. Do not stain the fair fame of the country. . . . Nations of dependent Indians,… — Edward Everett
For now, oh my God, it is to You alone that I can talk, because nobody else will understand. I cannot bring any other man… — Thomas Merton
Transformation is something I cannot explain - too much analysis might destroy it. — Sophia Loren
There is a solitude, or perhaps a solemnity, in the few hours that precede the dawn of day which is unlike that of any others… — George Bird Grinnell
Sometimes I think I am going mad. I live for days in the mystery and tears of things so that the commonest object, the most… — W.N.P. Barbellion
When the most learned evolutionists can give neither the how nor the why, the marvels seem to show that adaptation is inexplicable. Yet those who… — Norman Macbeth
Science can explain what's happening down inside atoms and what's happening at the edge of the universe, but it cannot explain consciousness. It's a paradox--withou… — Peter Russell
You cannot explain me with "isms." They are very bad for an artist. What one must believe in is color. — Marc Chagall
A work of art doesn't have to be explained. If you do not have any feeling about this, I cannot explain it to you. If… — Louise Bourgeois

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