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922 Unable quotes by 723 unique authors

[It is hard to know what is good luck and what isn't and therefore whether we should be happy or sad about it. Only time… — Zelig Pliskin
I have consciously sought after those things which make for value, order, richness, spirit and wonder, even though I am often unable to verbalize what… — Luci Swindoll
Outcast on a cold star, unable to feel anything but an awful helpless numbness. I look down into the warm, earthy world. Into a nest… — Sylvia Plath
Overconsumption is a "cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals." It cuts the heart right out of our compassion. It distances us from the great… — Richard J. Foster
People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena. To see one in all and all in… — Nhat Hanh
Even God is said to be unable to use force against necessity. — Plato
Poverty is a divine stepmother who does for youths what their own mothers were unable to do. It introduces them to frugality, to the world… — Honore de Balzac
With a woman, always make good use of a secret. She will be proportionally grateful to you, like a scoundrel who grants his respect to… — Honore de Balzac
The spirit of Plato dies hard. We have been unable to escape the philosophical tradition that what we can see and measure in the world… — Stephen Jay Gould
To defend Western Europe we have to let the Pentagon buy all these tanks and guns and things, and the Pentagon is unable to buy… — Dave Barry
Man has bought brains, but all the millions in the world have failed to buy love. Man has subdued bodies, but all the power on… — Emma Goldman
I am learning that if I just go on accepting the framework for life that others have given me, if I fail to make my… — Liv Ullmann
And do not be paralyzed. It is better to move than to be unable to move, because you fear loss so much: loss of order,… — Judith Guest
To paint is always to start at the beginning again, yet being unable to avoid the familiar arguments about what you see yourself painting. — Philip Guston
anyone who writes about "Darwin's theory of evolutionin the singular, without segregating the theories of gradual evolution, common descent, speciation, and the mechanism of natural… — Ernst Mayr
What we found out with Katrina is that the country is still unable to deal with disaster, .. God forbid this happens in San Francisco. — Warren Rudman
Chloride is essential for digestion and in respiration. Without sodium, which the body cannot manufacture, the body would be unable to transport nutrients or oxygen,… — Mark Kurlansky
I am simply unable to understand the value placed by so many people upon great wealth. — Theodore Roosevelt
A diplomat had been kidnapped, a cabinet minister had been kidnapped, they were under threats of murder. The police forces were rather tired. After a… — Robert Bourassa
We have a wonderful history behind us. ... If you are unable to demonstrate to the world that you have this record, the world will… — Carter G. Woodson
The groves and thickets of smaller trees are full of blooming evergreen vines. These vines are not arranged in separate groups, or in delicate wreaths,… — John Muir
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty and charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can… — Jawaharlal Nehru
Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than… — Saint Basil
Our politics and science have never mastered the fact that people need more than to understand their obligation to one another and to the earth;… — Wendell Berry
The predicament of a person in a restaurant who is unable to determine his or her designated restroom (e.g., turtles and tortoises). — Rich Hall

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