Cannot Possibly Quotes

93 quotes by 78 authors

Unruly beings are as unlimited as space They cannot possibly all be overcome, But if I overcome thoughts of anger alone This will be equivalent… — Shantideva
One may not always know his purpose until his only option is to monopolize in what he truly excels at. He grows weary of hearing… — Criss Jami
We must be wise taskmasters and not require of ourselves what we cannot possibly perform. Recreation we must have. Otherwise, the strings of our soul,… — Elizabeth Prentiss
The onset of this second movement is characterized by the falling away of self and coming upon "that" which remains when it is gone. But… — Bernadette Roberts
One hears a lot of talk about the hostility between scientists and engineers. I don't believe in any such thing. In fact I am quite… — David Hilbert
You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself. — Pierre Bonnard
Those who have never suffered the iniquities of exile cannot possibly understand the significance, the gravitas, of a mattress. — Ariel Dorfman
When I first left university, I thought about going into the private sector. But I discovered when I went to interview that I could only… — Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be… — Bette Davis
It is an old liberal theme that conservative ideas, being red in tooth and claw, cannot possibly emerge from any notion of the public good. — Charles Krauthammer
The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the… — Henry Moore
Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the… — Barack Obama
We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to… — Blaise Pascal
We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger. — Albert Schweitzer
It is useless for me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed. If you have… — Daniel Handler
If you have ever lost a loved one, then you know exactly how it feels. And if you have not, then you cannot possibly imagine… — Daniel Handler
The earth is not a lair, neither is it a prison. The earth is a Paradise, the only one we'll ever know. We will realize… — Henry Miller
In every idea of genius or in every new human idea, or, more simply still, in every serious human idea born in anyone's brain, there… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Oh senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm or a flea and yet will create Gods by the dozen! — Michel de Montaigne
A child who can love the oddities of a fantasy book cannot possibly be xenophobic as an adult. What is a different color, a different… — Jane Yolen

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