Quotes by category:Impossible

Occasionally the impossible happens; this is a truism that accounts for much of what we call good luck; and also, bad.

truism good-luck impossible

There are many lessons to learn. Naming just one is next to impossible. However, learning to love and be loved is a good starting point. It will encompass much.

next lessons impossible

To will the impossible is usually a sin of indolence. by Fanny Lewald

To will the impossible is usually a sin of indolence.

sin laziness impossible

It is impossible to find a single example of a monopoly that has ever existed without official protection.

Faustino Ballve

protection example impossible

I have never believed in the impossible. by Faye Wattleton

I have never believed in the impossible.

Without self belief nothing can be accomplished. With it, nothing... by Felix Dennis

Without self belief nothing can be accomplished. With it, nothing is impossible.

belief self impossible

Confidence is something one acquires. It can come early or late but it is impossible to write without it. Mine came late.

confidence impossible writing

It is impossible to build enduring institutions without solid values. For us, the fundamental value is that associated with democracy.

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

democracy fundamentals impossible

If every one said orders were impossible to carry out when they were received where would you be? Where would we all be if you just said, "Impossible," when orders came?

Ernest Hemingway

impossible said order

I think my virtue was I never thought "This is impossible. by Ferran Adria

I think my virtue was I never thought "This is impossible.

virtue impossible thinking

I have repeatedly declared that it is impossible for a true Muslim to be a terrorist, nor can a terrorist be regarded as a true Muslim.

Fethullah Gulen

terrorist impossible

And we could have all this,' she said. 'And we could have everything and every day we make it more impossible.' 'What did you say?' 'I said we could have everything.' 'We can have everything.' 'No, we can't.' 'We can have the whole world.' 'No, we can't.' 'We can go everywhere.' 'No, we can't. It isn't ours anymore.' 'It's ours.' 'No, it isn't. And once they take it away, you never get it back.

Ernest Hemingway

impossible said world

I believe in the impossible because no one else does. by Florence Griffith Joyner

I believe in the impossible because no one else does.

Florence Griffith Joyner

impossible doe believe

Could Henry Ford produce the Book of Kells? Certainly not. He would quarrel initially with the advisability of such a project and then prove it was impossible.

produce impossible book

If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you undertake them before the time is right, not only will they fail, but they will often become impossible to accomplish even when the time would have been right.

Francesco Guicciardini

done impossible facts

It seems impossible that you can love one person so much, no matter what happens, no matter what they do.

Francesca Lia Block

persons matter impossible

It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed in the enjoyments of this.

Francis Atterbury

another-life impossible heaven

... it would be impossible for women to stand in higher estimation than they do here. The deference that is paid to them at all times and in all places has often occasioned me as much surprise as pleasure.

surprise would-be impossible

Art must be unaesthetic in the extreme, useless and impossible to... by Francis Picabia

Art must be unaesthetic in the extreme, useless and impossible to justify.

Francis Picabia

useless impossible art

Life is so absurd now that it is almost impossible to be a satiri... by Fran Lebowitz

Life is so absurd now that it is almost impossible to be a satirist in this era.

eras life-is impossible