Unable Quotes
922 Unable quotes by 723 unique authors
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Nearly one billion women and men, a third of the world's workforce, are either unemployed or unable to earn enough to keep themselves out of…
— Juan Somavia
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Those who speak of progression but are afraid of change are self-repressed and therefore unable to reach any further than their eyes can already see.
— Criss Jami
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It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.
— Benjamin E. Mays
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The individual in the ordinary circumstances of living may feel more unreal than real; in a literal sense, more dead than alive; precariously differentiated from…
— R. D. Laing
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I have not the courage to search through books for beautiful prayers. . . Unable either to say them all or choose between them, I…
— Therese of Lisieux
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If Charles Lindbergh, flying with no instruments other than a bologna sandwich, managed to cross the Atlantic and land safely on a runway completely covered…
— Dave Barry
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Are the atoms of the dextroacid (tartaric) grouped in the spirals of a right-hand helix or situated at the angles of an irregular tetrahedron, or…
— Louis Pasteur
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If you are unable to meditate, chant your mantra or sing bhajans.
— Mata Amritanandamayi
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If we lose our money while traveling, think how frantically we search for it! In the same way, if we are unable to do japa…
— Mata Amritanandamayi
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Most human beings know only the language of exploitation. Due to their selfishness, they are unable to consider others.
— Mata Amritanandamayi
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Most of us have considerable prosperity in our lives. Often, we are so busy pursuing our unmet desires that we are unable to enjoy all…
— Shakti Gawain
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While no amount of financial wealth can guarantee an experience of prosperity, it is possible to experience prosperity at almost any level of income, except…
— Shakti Gawain
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I really hated fighting people and hurting them, but felt unable to stop.
— Jack Dee
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The important point was that whatever errors America had made [in Vietnam] "we are so powerful [according to Secretary Kissinger] that Hanoi is simply unable…
— William Shawcross
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But look what we have built low-income projects that become worse centers of delinquency, vandalism and general social hopelessness than the slums they were supposed…
— Jane Jacobs
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What I have absolutely no sympathy with is the legislator, the man who seeks, for his own profit, to exploit the weaknesses of those who…
— Malcolm Lowry
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It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which…
— Stephen Bayley
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It is hardly surprising that children should enthusiastically start their education at an early age with the Absolute Knowledge of computer science; while they are…
— Guy Debord
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The Mode of circular reasoning is the form used when the proof itself which ought to establish the matter of inquiry requires confirmation derived from…
— Sextus Empiricus
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Metaphorical tone deafness is when people are unable to discern what is of value in something. I think I'm tone deaf to poetry, for instance.…
— Julian Baggini
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Often, we are quick to find blame with others but yet are unable to give constructive responses. There seems to be a tendency to doubt…
— Pratibha Patil
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I have never learned to read or write music so I am not a virtuoso musician like the others you mentioned. I am completely unable…
— Ken Hensley
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I do still get extremely nervous before speeches. My biggest fear is that I'll be standing there in front of hundreds of people and be…
— Marcus Buckingham
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
— Camille Claudel
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Congress is unable to do the work of the American people because too many politicians believe that compromise means capitulation.
— Emanuel Cleaver
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