Cannot Quotes

Government cannot and must not replace private initiative.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.

I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good sense, which cannot be the characteristics of fools.

I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry cannot be demonstrated, at least neither by, nor for, the human intellect.

Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.

Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.

You have to protect yourself, your body, your being. You cannot treat it badly; you have to keep it, make as sensitive as possible.

Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and representation of Muslim citizens, and occasional but lingering anti-Semitism.

They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.

Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be perfectly frank, I don't know.

We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off.

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.

With 3 percent of the world's resources and 25 percent of the world's demand, it is pretty obvious this country cannot drill its way to energy security.

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.

I wish I was not such a very bad hand at languages. That is one thing I cannot do, that and ride.

I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.

Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.

The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.

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.

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.

We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

There are things that you cannot talk to your mother and father about, there are things that you cannot talk to your children about.

Two hundred and fifty mummies covered in gold. Something like this cannot be explained - mummy after mummy covered in shining gold.

Conduct, which involves a decision of the ultimate fate of the agent cannot be based on illusions.

Any newspaper, from the first line to the last, is nothing but a web of horrors, I cannot understand how an innocent hand can touch a newspaper without convulsing in disgust.

Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

There are many questions, but I cannot answer because I'm not a businessman, I am a climber.