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I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his philosophy he would have been quite willing to dispense with God. But he had to make Him give… — Blaise Pascal
I am so happy, I cannot be contained in the world; / But like a spirit, I am hidden from the eyes of the world. — Unknown Author
I cannot overstate how much a generous spirit contributes to good luck. Look at the luckiest people around you, the ones you envy, the ones… — Twyla Tharp
The sign is determined at the moment I use it and for the object of which it must form a part. For this reason I… — Henri Matisse
For I assure you, without travel, at least for people from the arts and sciences, one is a miserable creature!... A man of mediocre talents… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
There is something intimate about painting I cannot explain to you ? but it is so delightful just for expressing one's feelings. — Vincent Van Gogh
Work is nearly always a torture. If I could find something else I would be much happier, because I could use this other interest as… — Claude Monet
Time is always wanting to me, and I cannot meet with a single day when I am nut hurried along, driven to by wits'-end by… — George Sand
I cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses. I have not the magnificent richness of colouring that animates nature. — Paul Cezanne
What you say of the pride of giving life to an immortal soul is very fine dear, but I own I cannot enter into that:… — Queen Victoria
As I sat at the Cafe I said to myself, They may talk as they please about what they call pelf, They may sneer as… — Arthur Hugh Clough
While I cannot be regarded as a pillar, I must be regarded as a buttress of the church, because I support it from outside. — William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am not sure that… — Vaclav Havel
Of God Himself can no man think. And therefore I would leave all that thing that I can think, and choose to my love that… — Dionysius of Halicarnassus
I am an abstract artist in the sense that I abstract. I cannot be called non-figurative while I am still interested in the modern magic… — Sean William Scott
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

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