One Cannot Quotes

515 quotes by 387 authors

There is no quality so contrary to any nature which one cannot affect, and put on upon occasion, in order to serve an interest. — Jonathan Swift
Armed with a paint-box, one cannot be bored, one cannot be left at a loose end, one cannot 'have several days on one's hands. — Winston Churchill
One cannot explain the existence of genius. It is better to enjoy it. — Ernst Gombrich
One cannot inherit a talent for the violin - there are no violins in nature. Instead, one must be motivated, able to benefit from practice,… — Marilyn vos Savant
If I have called Cubism a new order, it is without any revolutionary ideas or any reactionary ideas... One cannot escape from one's own epoch,… — Georges Braque
I realized that one cannot reveal oneself without mannerism, without some evident trace of one's personality. But all the same one should not go too… — Georges Braque
However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you… — Geoffrey Chaucer
One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance. — Geoffrey Chaucer
When we speak of God or achieving union with God, we are often merely trying to put that great thing into a small container. One… — Chogyam Trungpa
No object is stuck with its name so irrevocably that one cannot find another which suits it better. — Rene Magritte
One cannot deny that if a person has the energy to get you interested and excited, then that is half the battle won, like all… — Gale Harold
I am often asked if I am not lonely on my solitary excursions. It seems so self-evident that one cannot be lonesome where everything is… — John Muir
I have always tried to be obedient regarding important matters like not being scalded to death by burning oil, but when public opinion takes a… — Barbara Dana
More than any other contemporary British playwright, Tom Stoppard populates his plays -- from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead to The Invention of Love (his… — Mel Gussow
One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none. — Charles de Lint
One cannot celebrate books sufficiently. After saying his best, still something better remains to be spoken in their praise. As with friends, one finds new… — Amos Bronson Alcott
One cannot quite trust the word of potted flowers," thought the butterfly; "they have too much to do with men. — Hans Christian Andersen
One cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he was frugal of it. — John Dryden
Let us all remember this: one cannot proclaim the Gospel of Jesus without the tangible witness of one's life. — Pope Francis

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