Unthinkable Quotes

169 Unthinkable quotes by 149 unique authors

One can know everything and still be unable to accept the fact that sex and murder are fused in the male consciousness, so that the… — Andrea Dworkin
If I have to be a soldier I must be a good one, anything else is unthinkable — Wilfred Owen
We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts. — J. William Fulbright
From my childhood, obedience was something I could not get out of my system. When I entered the armed service at the age of twenty-seven,… — Adolf Eichmann
It is unthinkable that a national government which represents women should ignore the issue of the right of all women to political freedom. — Unknown Author
What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the world — John Ashcroft
Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions and guiles, patient… — Jack Vance
I want you to back yourself into a corner. Give yourself no choice but to succeed. Let the consequences of failure become so dire and… — Jordan Belfort
If we do not do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable. — Murray Bookchin
I always got a bit pissed off with those broadsheet sceptics who make their living being passionately angry about homeopathy, God, synchronicity or whatever, because… — Scarlett Thomas
The Internet has made me very casual with a level of omniscience that was unthinkable a decade ago. I now wonder if God gets bored… — Douglas Coupland
Testing is the process of comparing the invisible to the ambiguous, so as to avoid the unthinkable happening to the anonymous. — James Marcus Bach
I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable. — Branch Rickey
The evolutionist thesis has become more stringently unthinkable than ever before. — Wolfgang Smith
But I think it’s important to discuss just how easy it is for any of us to get caught up in things that might seem… — Guy Spier
The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay. The issue of gay marriage is now a political… — George Takei
Cookery is a wholly unselfish art: as 'art for art's sake' it is unthinkable. A man may sing in his bath every morning without the… — Andre Simon
We’re taught to do things the right way. But if you want to discover something that other people haven’t, you need to do things the… — James Dyson
According to the Buddha's teaching the beginning of the life-stream of living beings is unthinkable. THe believer in the creation of life by God may… — Walpola Rahula
The grandiose plans of what Macintosh was gonna be was just so far out of whack with the truth of what the product was doing.… — Chris Espinosa
The great argument used now against any theological proposition is not, that it is untrue, or unthinkable, or unedifying, or unscriptural, or unorthodox, but simply,… — Ronald Knox
In many parts of the world-including Polynesia, north Africa & the Middle East-public dancing that focused on a physically linked couple would have been unthinkable,… — Gerald Jonas
While tacit knowledge can be possessed by itself, explicit knowledge must rely on being tacitly understood and applied. Hence all knowledge is either tacit or… — Michael Polanyi
To not apologize for the behavior of the players to another manager is unthinkable. It's a disgrace, but I don't expect Wenger to ever apologize...he's… — Alex Ferguson
Ultimately, what separates a Winner from a Loser at the Grandmaster level is the Willingness to do the Unthinkable. — Garry Kasparov

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