Impossible Quotes
4226 quotes by 2791 authors
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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
— Edmund Burke
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GUIs normally make it simple to accomplish simple actions and impossible to accomplish complex actions.
— Douglas Gwyn
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It was our use of probability theory as logic that has enabled us to do so easily what was impossible for those who thought of…
— Edwin Thompson Jaynes
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If true religion is to beam upon us, our principle must be, that it is necessary to begin with heavenly teaching, and that it is…
— John Calvin
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A spiritually established life is not an easy task. But a materially satisfied life is an impossible task.
— Sri Chinmoy
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It is impossible to win a contest with a helpless opponent since if you win you have won nothing.
— Jay Haley
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Issac Stern rule: the better your technique, the more impossible your standards.
— Richard Sennett
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Weak faith will as surely land the Christian in heaven as strong faith, for it is impossible the least dram of true grace should perish
— William Gurnall
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We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We…
— J C Ryle
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It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without soup or bread in it
— M.F.K. Fisher
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Nothing is impossible to the willing heart.
— Thomas Heywood
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It is unlikely Yanukovich won. If he did, his government made it impossible to determine.
— Bob Schaffer
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Yet I knew that spiritual practice is impossible without great dedication, energy, and commitment.
— Jack Kornfield
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In a society that almost demands life at double time, speed and addictions numb us to our own experience. In such a society, it is…
— Jack Kornfield
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Every attempt to employ mathematical methods in the study of chemical questions must be considered profoundly irrational and contrary to the spirit of chemistry.... if…
— Auguste Comte
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The basic problem is not political, it is a-political and human. One of the most important things to do is to keep cutting deliberately through…
— Thomas Merton
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It is almost impossible to overestimate the value of true humility and its power in the spiritual life. For the beginning of humility is the…
— Thomas Merton
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The dialectical or ecological approach asserts that creating the world is involved in our every act. It is impossible for us to operate in our…
— Wes Jackson
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My motto in life is that nothing is impossible, no target unachievable - one just has to try harder and harder.
— Kiran Bedi
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I try to have no plans the failure of which would greatly annoy me. Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure…
— E. W. Howe
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