You Cannot Quotes
3282 quotes by 1861 authors
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I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words.
— Craig Claiborne
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So, friends, every day do something that won't compute...Give your approval to all you cannot understand...Ask the questions that have no answers. Put your faith…
— Wendell Berry
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A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something…
— C.S. Lewis
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You cannot drive with your eyes in the rear-view mirror… But dignity is difficult to maintain. Stamina requires constant upkeep. Repetition is boring. And you…
— John Irving
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You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make…
— Max Beerbohm
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If you cannot read all your books...fondle them---peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the…
— Winston Churchill
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At the temple there is a poem called "Loss" carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You…
— Arthur Golden
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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
— Galileo Galilei
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You cannot measure the loss of a human life. It's all the things a person was, all their dreams, all the people who loved them,…
— Joan Bauer
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There is nothing in your destiny, nothing in your future that you cannot accomplish.
— Larry King
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Be confident small immortals. You are not the only voice that all things utter, nor is there eternal silence in the places where you cannot…
— C.S. Lewis
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It is useless for me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed. If you have…
— Daniel Handler
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You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.
— Margaret Mead
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You cannot let your parents anywhere near your real humiliations.
— Alice Munro
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You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above…
— Rene Daumal
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You are afraid of it because it is stronger than you; you hate it because you are afraid of it; you love it because you…
— Yevgeny Zamyatin
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You cannot impose ideologies on people who do not embrace it wholeheartedly.
— Peter F. Hamilton
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You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And…
— Mitch Albom
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It's the centuries, Scarlett darling. All the life lived there, all the joy and all the sorrow, all the feasts and battles, they're in the…
— Alexandra Ripley
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As you cannot do what you want, Want what you can do
— Leonardo da Vinci
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