Cannot Quotes

I cannot guarantee anything.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

I understand that we cannot make other people happy when they are unhappy.

I live like a Hottentot. I cannot exchange one sensible word with anyone.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books.

Pronouncement of experts to the effect that something cannot be done has always irritated me.

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.

According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background.

The police cannot protect the citizen at this stage of our development, and they cannot even protect themselves in many cases. It is up to the private citizen to protect himself and his family, and this is not only acceptable, but mandatory.

At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity.

The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.

Finally, gentleman, from the considerations above mentioned, as I cannot consistently with my own honor, nor with utility to my country, considering the manner in which Business is transacted here, remain any longer in this chair, I now resign it.

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

Advertising is a business of words, but advertising agencies are infested with men and women who cannot write. They cannot write advertisements, and they cannot write plans. They are helpless as deaf mutes on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera.

America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.

So then put away, relentlessly away, all thought of the results. You cannot control them.

There's a lot of things that go on when you're on tour that cannot be controlled. I'm not even talking about myself, but of course there's sexual activity and drugs, fighting and language; it is certainly not a place to raise a family.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

Love cannot save you from your own fate.

According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background.

I think racial profiling is wrong. It cannot be defended. It's just flat wrong. And if a matter came before me, and it could be established that the arrest was made strictly on racial profiling, when I was on the bench, it would be gone.

If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that guns, vetoes and injustices will all be left outside the door, then there is no good reason why talks cannot take place in an appropriate atmosphere.

As to my success here I cannot say much as yet: the Indians seem generally kind, and well-disposed towards me, and are mostly very attentive to my instructions, and seem willing to be taught further.

An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of these eyes we cannot bear to look out of; we blind them as quickly as possible.

One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless.

Painting does what we cannot do - it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional plane.

The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.