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922 Unable quotes by 723 unique authors

Economically, unfair trade will benefit nobody in the long run, as poorer countries will be bled totally dry and will become unable to produce anything. — Chris Martin
Having therefore no foreign establishments, either colonial or military, the ships of war of the United States, in war, will be like land birds, unable… — Alfred Thayer Mahan
Unable to love each other, the English turn naturally to dogs — J. R. Ackerley
I want to set up a new standard: ‘scientific journalism.’ If you publish a paper on DNA, you are required, by all the good biological… — Julian Assange
Whenever I write anything that sets up controversy its meaning is distorted almost instantly. Even the editorial writers of newspapers seem to be unable to… — H. L. Mencken
In some instances, you may care so much about the person who has hurt you, or be so unable to be angry with him (or… — Paul Ekman
All men are, at times, influenced by inexplicable sentiments. Ideas haunt them in spite of all their efforts to discard them. Prepossessions are entertained, for… — Charles Brockden Brown
Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia. — Dionysius Lardner
When you believe, or are led to believe, you are unable to act upon the greatest desires of the soul, the result is mental and… — Iyanla Vanzant
Nevertheless, China was unfortunately unable to understand Japan's real position, and it is greatly to be regretted that the Sino-Japanese War became one of long… — Hideki Tojo
The only way out is the way through, just as you cannot escape death except by dying. Being unable to write, you must examine in… — Howard Nemerov
Observing many companies in action, I am unable to point to a single instance in which stunning results were gotten without the active and personal… — Joseph M. Juran
Praise, help, or even a look, may be enough to interrupt him, or destroy the activity. It seems a strange thing to say, but this… — Maria Montessori
Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against… — Lion Feuchtwanger
We Poor Cousins don’t care at all though, except for when we’re on welfare, broke, starving, unable to buy cool high-tops for our children or pay for… — Miriam Toews
Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still… — Andrew Sullivan
I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold, — Andrew Sullivan
All it takes to make a difference is the courage to stop proving I was right in being unable to make a difference ... to… — Werner Erhard
Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer… — Jean-Henri Fabre
Don’t complain about being unable to afford high-quality local food when your grocery cart is full of beer, cigarettes, and People magazine. — Joel Salatin
I had come to the conclusion a long time ago that there was no escape from the labyrinth of contradictions in which we live except… — P D Ouspensky
I am a man, and God is hiding from us humans. We are unable to see Him, we can only search for Him — Friedrich Durrenmatt
How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls… — Nina Simone
Where there was nature and earth, life and water, I saw a desert landscape that was unending, resembling some sort of crater, so devoid of… — Bret Easton Ellis
One writes a poem when one is so taken up by an emotional concept that one is unable to remain silent. — Stephen Dobyns

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