Impossible Quotes

4226 Impossible quotes by 2623 unique authors

We have this history of impossible solutions to insoluble problems. — Will Eisner
Philosophy [nature] is written in that great book which ever is before our eyes -- I mean the universe -- but we cannot understand it… — Galileo Galilei
Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating ... but there… — Patrick Rothfuss
Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, "Lighthouses" as the poet said… — Arthur Schopenhauer
The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible. — George Orwell
The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal. — Victor Hugo
The most important things in your life are almost always impossible to predict. — Joe Meno
We have done the impossible. And that makes us mighty. — Joss Whedon
In some situations I was difficult, in odd moments impossible, in rare moments loathsome, but at my best unapproachably great. — Oscar Levant
It is no use. I find it impossible to work with security staring me in the face. — Sherwood Anderson
It is almost impossible to carry the torch of truth through a crowd without singeing somebody's beard. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
I had forgotten that, and so many things. How could I put everything down on paper? It seemed impossible. No matter what, the majority of… — Dave Eggers
And that's why books are never going to die. It's impossible. It's the only time we really go into the mind of a stranger, and… — Paul Auster
No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence--that which makes its truth, its meaning--its subtle… — Joseph Conrad
Be realistic, demand the impossible! — Che Guevara
Some time ago," he said, "--how long it seems! -- I remember saying to a young friend of mine of the name of Spiller, 'Comrade… — P.G. Wodehouse
It is always easy to be logical. It is almost impossible to be logical to the bitter end. — Albert Camus
In two weeks, despite these notes, I shall no longer believe in what I am experiencing now. One must leave behind a trace of this… — Jean Cocteau
It might be a good idea if, like the White Queen, we practiced believing six impossible things every morning before breakfast, for we are called… — Madeleine L'Engle
Hysteria is impossible without an audience. Panicking by yourself is the same as laughing alone in an empty room. You feel really silly. — Chuck Palahniuk
To me [Edgar Allen Poe's] prose is unreadable—like Jane Austin's [sic]. No there is a difference. I could read his prose on salary, but not… — Mark Twain
The Curse of Knowledge: when we are given knowledge, it is impossible to imagine what it's like to LACK that knowledge. — Chip Heath
The pleasure of despair. But then, it is in despair that we find the most acute pleasure, especially when we are aware of the hopelessness… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The problem with anger against God is that it's impossible to go higher in the system to complain. — Peter HÃ¸eg
It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream--making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation,… — Joseph Conrad

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