Cannot Quotes
On what cannot be explained, shrunk, or ignored.
Several quotes here sit at the edge of science and philosophy - the statistical, non-deterministic nature of quantum experiments, and the strange fact that a mind cannot fully comprehend itself. Make offers a more constructive counterpoint.
Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language.
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It is an established principle of jurisprudence in all civilized nations that the sovereign cannot be sued in its own courts, or in any other, without its consent and permission; but it may, if it thinks proper, waive this privilege,...
I really do not know. I really do not know how to solve the problem of the Philippines. I cannot be the savior of this republic.
I cannot say I'm a poet. That's for someone when they take in consideration where they can bestow 'poet' on. I can't do it. But I would be disingenuous if I didn't say that my intention is poetry.
Anybody can get bigheaded once they know the seat cannot be pulled out from under them.
We cannot look backwards. What we have to do is raise our heads, look forward, roll up our sleeves and work.
For me, Fellini was like a watermelon. It is there. A watermelon cannot die.
It is much harder for economies to prosper if they cannot sell to, buy from, invest with, and even transit their neighbors. Landlocked countries with failed or failing neighbors can lose access to the world economy.
Trillions of dollars in out-of-control entitlement spending cannot be remedied by cuts in NASA, or even in the entire discretionary budget, defense included. Rather, the financial bleeding needs to be staunched where the hole is and nowhere else.
The reason I fight is to provide for my family, and I cannot risk having that taken away.
Courts of law, and all the paraphernalia and folly of law cannot be found in a rational state of society.
No one can just file a charge and go directly to a jury trial. That just cannot happen.
We cannot go up on a wire. We cannot do a search without a judge on the FISA Court approving it and determining that we have met the standard that has been set forth by Congress in order to utilize...
One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.
I cannot say who is better between Messi and Ronaldo. Because they are different players. Both are superstars.
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For related reflections on resolve and permanence, see Government and He.
