Unthinkable Quotes

169 Unthinkable quotes by 149 unique authors

Creativity requires the freedom to consider unthinkable alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices. — John W. Gardner
There is a hidden epidemic threatening the lives of millions of Americans...hunger. In this land of plenty, it is unthinkable that fellow citizens are going… — Swoosie Kurtz
The reduction of the earth to an object simply for human's use/ possession is unthinkable in most traditional cultures... the earth belongs to itself and… — Thomas Berry
Creativity requires the freedom to consider 'unthinkable' alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices. Every organization, every society is under the spell of assumptions… — John W. Gardner
Quitting is unthinkable and pain is just weakness leaving the body — Karl Marlantes
At some time, often when we least expect it, we all have to face overwhelming challenges. When the unthinkable happens, the lighthouse is hope. Once… — Christopher Reeve
Before Sept. 11, the idea that Americans would voluntarily agree to live their lives under the gaze of a network of biometric surveillance cameras, peering… — Jeffrey Rosen
Thinking is trying to think the unthinkable: thinking the thinkable is not worth the effort. — Helene Cixous
But sometimes it's good to dare yourself to do the unthinkable. And rather than stand in front of an audience with no clothes on, I… — Evan Davis
They were so exhausted and seasick and all they could do was crawl up those beaches. And thousands of them lay dead in no time… — Barry Pepper
A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable. — Judith Martin
When the pain of continuing exceeds the pain of stopping, a threshold is crossed. What seemed unthinkable becomes thinkable. — Gary Zukav
Palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace and that the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish. — Mitt Romney
In the end, no thought is unthinkable, no problem unshrinkable, no two strangers unlinkable. — Robert Breault
[Humans'] capacity to intervene, to compare, to judge, to decide, to choose, to desist makes them capable of acts of greatness, of dignity, and, at… — Paulo Freire
Perhaps the way to meet tomorrow's challenges is not to use yesterday's solutions, but to dare to think the previously unthinkable, to speak the previously… — Neale Donald Walsch
Though an atom is invisible, unthinkable, yet in it are the whole power and potency of the universe. — Swami Vivekananda
Faith is a mental attitude that is so convinced of its own idea - which so completely accepts it - that any contradiction is unthinkable… — Ernest Holmes
You know what we need to heal are the thought forms and the feelings that cause us to create war and mass destruction on this… — Marianne Williamson
Some form of gnosis or immediacy is attached to all thinking as its root-form or primitive origination; every act of thinking has this passive derivation,… — Kenny Smith
Funnily enough, Northern Ireland is a great example of where politics can win over conflict. The decision to down arms and follow a political path… — James Nesbitt
In the long run wives are to be paid in a peculiar coin — consideration for their feelings. As it usually turns out this is… — Elizabeth Hardwick
At the very core of RIM is the innovation. We always think ahead. We always think forward. We sometimes think the unthinkable. And that is… — Thorsten Heins
I think life without Coronation Street would be unthinkable. It's part of all our lives. — Michael Parkinson
Dante can be understood only within the context of Italian thought, and Faust would be unthinkable if divorced from its German background; but both are… — Gustav Stresemann

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