Impotent Quotes

118 quotes by 109 authors

The unconscious mind of man sees correctly even when conscious reason is blind and impotent. — Carl Jung
There is no lasting happiness outside the prescribed cycle of painful exhaustion and pleasurable regeneration, and whatever throws this cycle out of balance â€“ poverty… — Hannah Arendt
Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony. The sublime idea men have of the universe would collapse with dizzying speed. The… — Guillaume Apollinaire
The Greeks had had vast experience in this world, their imagination had been fertile and they had created much...that, in these circumstances, they should fall… — Joseph Kastein
To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you're impotent. She can't wait to disprove it. — Cary Grant
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act. — Herodotus
I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out… — A. C. Benson
When you are faced with prejudice, logic and justice are impotent. Still, we may have an obligation to argue directly into the face of the… — Gerry Spence
All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some… — Angus Wilson
I saw that evil was impotentâ€”that evil was the irrational, the blind, the anti-realâ€”and that the only weapon of its triumph was the willingness of… — Ayn Rand
Observations of the sickening effect of programmed environments show that people in them become indolent, impotent, narcissistic and apolitical. The political process breaks down, because… — Ivan Illich
Voting, we might even say, is the next to last refuge of the politically impotent. The last refuge is, of course, giving your opinion to… — Neil Postman
Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and least, experience. Without integrity, motivation… — Dee Hock
The clock is impotent; mechanical time does not affect those living in an eternal present. — Paul Schrader
I was starting to become impotent through this diet and couldn't perform. How many people who are taking the little blue pill, if they started… — Morgan Spurlock
Fervor is the weapon of choice for the impotent. — Frantz Fanon
I find along with many virtues in my countrymen there is a jealousy, a soreness, and readiness to take offence, as if they were the… — Edmund Burke
England totally disarmed and an easy prey to hostile forces! Can you think of anything more likely to excite cupidity and hostile intention? We should… — Stanley Baldwin
All in all, the League of Nations is not inevitably bound, as some maintain from time to time, to degenerate into an impotent appendage of… — Hjalmar Branting
Fear of ideas makes us impotent and ineffective. — William O. Douglas

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