#cannot

These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again. ↗

— John Lennon

#again #artists #cannot #created #critics

The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin. ↗

— Jay Leno

#any #cannot #court #find #men

You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years, whether you like it or not. And I can't say I do like it very much. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#escape #fact #first #five #i

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#christianity #false #importance #important #infinite

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#beasts #because #cannot #capitalists #criminals

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#bad #being #bird #cannot #decent

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#because #cannot #give #god #happiness

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#cannot #careful #his #man #reading

We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in their homes and afford their health and pharmaceutical costs. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#cannot #costs #families #health #here

I am a responsible parent and have always provided for my children. That fact cannot be disputed. I have made mistakes in my life, but failing to care for my children is not one of them. ↗

— Jamal Lewis

#am #cannot #care #children #disputed