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.
You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness.
The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice.
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No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.
McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15.
There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read A, B, C may read our natures.
We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour.
There are a lot of people who write very intensely about things they do not and cannot do.
I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind; and I cannot do anything else but write about it.
The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods.
If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
You have got to keep autistic children engaged with the world. You cannot let them tune out.
The fight against HIV/AIDS cannot be won unless countries take ownership of protecting and supporting the health of communities both near and far.
Cloning, wow. Who would have thought? There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone themselves.
Social Security is legally prohibited from contributing to the deficit. It cannot use debt to pay out benefits.
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For related reflections on resolve and permanence, see Government and He.
