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Impossible Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- Hygiene is the corruption of medicine by morality. It is impossible to find a hygienist who does not debase his theory of the healthful with…
- It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality, universally recognized as having those qualities, who spent his whole life…
- Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence, it is almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening [to men]…
- One of the main purposes of laws in a democratic society is to put burdens upon intelligence and reduce it to impotence. Ostensibly, their aim…
- It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin.
- The time must come inevitably when mankind shall surmount the imbecility of religion, as it has surmounted the imbecility of religion's ally, magic. It is…
- Of all the classes of men, I dislike the most those who make their livings by talking - actors, clergymen, politicians, pedagogues, and so on.…
- Hope: A pathological belief in the occurrence of the impossible.
- Shave a gorilla and it would be almost impossible, at twenty paces, to distinguish him from a heavyweight champion of the world. Skin a chimpanzee,…
- It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by…
- Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them.
- It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
- If we assume that man actually does resemble God, then we are forced into the impossible theory that God is a coward, an idiot and…
More Impossible Quotes
- But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless… — Aristotle
- Still bent to make some port he knows not where, still standing for some false impossible shore. — Matthew Arnold
- Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi
- All our environmental problems become easier to solve with fewer people and harder - and ultimately impossible to solve - with ever… — David Attenborough
- Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
- Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. — Marcus Aurelius
- I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible. — Teresa of Avila
- Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not… — Richard Bach
- Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love him. — Kevin Bacon
- The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a… — Douglas Adams
- It is impossible to love and to be wise. — Francis Bacon
- It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins. — Arthur Baer