Cannot Quotes

We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see.

You cannot eat apples planted from seeds. They must be grafted, cloned.

I'm trying to build an empire, because after this, I cannot get a normal job.

I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work at my art.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

My government has the challenge of addressing the issue of gas. The issue of gas cannot be addressed today without the participation of all Bolivians alike.

What annoyances are more painful than those of which we cannot complain?

I cannot sustain hate for longer than a couple of years.

We walk ourselves into ruts so deep we cannot see over them.

Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.

One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.

The larger meaning here is that mainstream journalists simply cannot talk about things that the two parties agree on; this is the black hole of American politics.

Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.

One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.

After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent.

We cannot but feel uneasy about the losses caused by humanity themselves. Apart from the losses of life and property in destructive wars, the environment and natural resources are also being destroyed by human hands.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

Even God cannot make two times two not make four.

I think what we've learned is that the terrorist threat is serious, but it shifts. You cannot make a single person the sole focus of your counterterrorism.

Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history.

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.

One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness - it is all that I have - and when the drugs and alcohol dissipate, will be all that my peers have as well.

As Mark Weiner puts it, whether you gain 50 pounds or lose 50 pounds, whether you have a sex change operation for that matter, that it doesn't matter, that there is some part of ourselves that we cannot escape.

Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.

The links between the American government and the Iraqi government are so close that you cannot judge one without asking at least the other what he has done by this time.

Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it.

Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.