#cannot

A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other. ↗

— Thor Heyerdahl

#cannot #civilized #draw #enemy #even

The reconnection of society, economy and ethics is a project we cannot postpone. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#economy #ethics #postpone #project #society

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

#cannot #change #consist #constitutions #general

I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction, especially for horror, fantasy, science fiction. Do not take your research from other people's fiction. Just don't. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#especially #fantasy #fiction #horror #how

Right now, any opinion anyone has about whether dogs can or cannot really tell when their owner is coming home by some unknown means... nobody knows. The weight of evi dence suggests they can. ↗

— Rupert Sheldrake

#any #anyone #cannot #coming #coming home

Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#antagonize #cannot #global #great #learn

So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#attention #cannot #days #east #east asia

We cannot do everything in Africa, but doing nothing is not an option. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#cannot #doing #everything #nothing #option

If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then history need not have bothered to go on, and the world has wasted a great deal of time. ↗

— Russell Hoban

#cannot #deal #father #go #great

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. ↗

— Russell Hoban

#blind #cannot #eye #eyes #given