I Cannot Quotes

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How absurd to try to make two men think alike on matters of religion, when I cannot make two timepieces agree. — Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Many works of the past complete what they announce they are going to do, to our increasing boredom. Certain others plague me because I cannot… — Philip Guston
I rise from bed the first thing in the morning, leaving my couch not because I am dissatisfied with it, but because I cannot carry… — Edgar Wilson Nye
I'm a free man now, except I cannot leave China. You know, I have no desire to travel. I have so many things to do;… — Ai Weiwei
I cannot judge what motivates people. We are all moved by one of four things or a combination of these four things: money, romance, recognition… — Jack White
Alas, the very name of picture produces a sadness of heart I cannot describe. — Samuel Morse
This is my letter to the world, that never wrote to me, the simple news that nature told, with tender majesty. Her message is committed,… — Emily Dickinson
The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me. I don't want to have anything to… — Luther Burbank
I cannot approve of your method of operation, you proceed like a bewildered idiot, taking not the least notice of my orders. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I cannot understand how anyone conscious of mortal sin can laugh or be merry. — Thomas Aquinas
I cannot help but think a curious event is this life of mine — John James Audubon
I cannot believe that the killing of 2,000 Englishmen at New Orleans qualifies a person for the various difficult and complicated duties of the Presidency. — Henry Clay
I shut the front door upon Christ and Einstein, and at the back door hold out a welcoming hand to little frogs and periwinkles. I… — Charles Fort
I cannot persuade myself that without love to others, and without, as far as rests with me, peaceableness toward all, I can be called a… — Saint Basil
Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every… — John Hancock
'Human history, ' H.G. Wells once wrote, 'becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.' You and I cannot be indifferent to the… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every… — John Hancock
I cannot assume emotions I do not feel, and must describe Jerusalem as I found it. Since being here, I have read the accounts of… — Bayard Taylor
I once told you that I am not a saint, and I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a… — Gerald R. Ford
I wish I knew where I was going. Doomed to be carried of the spirit into the wilderness, I suppose. I wish I could be… — John Muir

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