Impotent Quotes

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Decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent. — Winston Churchill
An ad that pretends to be art is -- at absolute best -- like somebody who smiles warmly at you only because he wants something… — David Foster Wallace
Latent in every man is a venom of amazing bitterness, a black resentment; something that curses and loathes life, a feeling of being trapped, of… — Paul Valery
Love is rather impotent and pitiful: My father must have told me a million times how much he loved me, but that emotion - assuming… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
I feel helpless, hopeless, too low to call out, too weak to think. Impotent tears dribble down. — Elizabeth Smart
As is well known, the priests are the most evil enemiesâ€”but why? Because they are the most impotent. It is because of their impotence that… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Theory is the practice of the impotent. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
In a fallen world marked by human depravity and deep-seated sin, in a world where Hitler and Stalin had recruited millions of followers to commit… — Timothy B. Tyson
A picture lives by companionship, expanding and quickening in the eyes of the sensitive observer. It dies by the same token. It is therefore risky… — Mark Rothko
Nothing is more impotent than an unread library. — John Waters
Love is like liquor, the drunker and more impotent you are, the stronger and smarter you think yourself and the surer you are of your… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Were we incapable of empathy â€“ of putting ourselves in the position of others and seeing that their suffering is like our own â€“ then… — Peter Singer
I'm dead, not impotent. Nasty rumors like that must be squashed before they gain momentum. Feel free to emphasize how very functional I am. — Rachel Vincent
...things happen that are out of your control.' Kerrick gave him a tight smile. 'You mean I'm not omnipotent?' 'You're not even semi-potent.' 'Is that… — Maria V. Snyder
The world," he said, "is not a wish-granting factory," and then he broke down, just for one moment, his sob roaring impotent like a clap… — John Green
Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places. I learned about these… — Parker J. Palmer
There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly… — Nikolai Gogol
So let me see if I got everything straight â€¦ This â€¦ means that we are somehow meant to be husband and wife. But if… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
...what nobody seems to understand is that love can only be one-sided, that no other love exists, that in any other form it is not… — Andrei Tarkovsky
People don't love each other at our age, Martheâ€”they please each other, that's all. Later on, when you're old and impotent, you can love someone.… — Albert Camus

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