#thinkable

Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#anyone #barrel #been #bring #certainly

We, the generation that faces the next century, can add the solemn injunction "If we don't do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable." ↗

— Petra Kelly

#century #faced #faces #generation #impossible

They were so exhausted and seasick and all they could do was crawl up those beaches. And thousands of them lay dead in no time at all. It's unthinkable. ↗

— Barry Pepper

#could #crawl #dead #exhausted #lay

You're a Catholic in Italy when you're born, it's unthinkable to stop being Catholic. You just take the rules a lot more seriously, because it pervades your culture. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#being #born #catholic #culture #italy

It was just one of those things," I said, "You know, that just happen. You don't think or plan. You just do it. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#unthinkable #unthought #think

You do now have one in three people, as shown by the famous Carlton Monarchy debate poll, saying they want to get rid of the Monarchy. That was unthinkable even three, four years ago. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#carlton #debate #even #famous #four

The mistake is to imagine that perfection is possible when the very idea is unthinkable. ↗

— Luis Figo

#imagine #mistake #perfection #possible #unthinkable

We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#complex #confront #dare #explore #learn

The big lesson I learned from Hurricane Katrina is that we have to be thinking about the unthinkable because sometimes the unthinkable happens. ↗

— Mike Leavitt

#because #big #happens #hurricane #hurricane katrina

They used to be seen as insane or unthinkable acts of madmen. But if they take place they'll be called "war" too. And there will still be no conventional war. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#called #conventional #insane #madmen #place