Impracticable Quotes

21 quotes by 18 authors

During the century after Newton, it was still possible for a man of unusual attainments to master all fields of scientific knowledge. But by 1800,… — Isaac Asimov
If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we… — Sun Tzu
When you assemble from your several counties in the Legislature, were every member to be guided only by the apparent interest of his county, government… — Alexander Hamilton
It is evident from the state of the country, from the habits of the people, from the experience we have had on the point itself,… — Alexander Hamilton
There is nothing absurd or impracticable in the idea of a league or alliance between independent nations for certain defined purposes precisely stated in a… — Alexander Hamilton
Wherever indeed a right of property is infringed for the general good, if the nature of the case admits of compensation, it ought to be… — Alexander Hamilton
It's impracticable to halt the exponential advancement of technology. — Ben Goertzel
The whole procedure [of shooting rockets into space] . . . presents difficulties of so fundamental a nature, that we are forced to dismiss the… — Richard van der Riet Woolley
But, historians, and even common sense, may inform us, that, however specious these ideas of perfect equality may seem, they are really, at bottom, impracticable;… — David Hume
Anyone who studies the state of things which preceded the French Revolution will see that the tremendous catastrophe came about from so excessive a regulation… — Herbert Spencer
The people of North America, at this time, expect a revisal and reformation of the American Governments, and are better disposed to submit to it… — Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet
A government is republican in proportion as every member composing it has his equal voice in the direction of its concerns, not indeed in person,… — Thomas Jefferson
The idealist's program of political or economic reform may be impracticable, absurd, demonstrably ridiculous; but it can never be successfully opposed merely by pointing out… — Charles Horton Cooley
In Holland, they have come to precisely the same conclusion. There they have adopted a system of secular education, because they have found it impracticable… — Richard Cobden
A war against terrorism is an impracticable conception if it means fighting terrorism with terrorism. — John Mortimer
In art, in taste, in life, in speech, you decide from feeling, and not from reason ... If we were obliged to enter into a… — William Hazlitt
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes… — Samuel Johnson
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If you say that this is absurd, that we cannot be in love with everyone at once, I merely point out to you that, as… — William James
So let us persevere. Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable. By defining our goal more clearly, by making it seem… — John F. Kennedy

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