#cannot

Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. ↗

— James Fenton

#done #fine #fine thing #forgery #generous

No matter how many troops we have in place or how long they stay, we cannot impose a parliamentary democracy there any more than the insurgents can impose a theocracy. ↗

— Nick Clooney

#cannot #democracy #how #impose #insurgents

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#always #broken #cannot #does #falsehood

When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art. ↗

— Marc Chagall

#art #authentic #bad #beside #between

You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health and nutrition. ↗

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

#addressing #basic #cannot #development #environmental

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. ↗

— George W. Bush

#america #american #attacks #biggest #buildings

We have learned that peace and well-being are indivisible and that our peace and well-being cannot be purchased at the price of peace or the well-being of any other country. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#cannot #country #indivisible #learned #other

There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything. ↗

— Lord Byron

#deny #doubt #everything #i #me

The film industry is about saying 'no' to people, and inherently you cannot take 'no' for an answer. ↗

— James Cameron

#answer #cannot #film #film industry #industry

A second reason why science cannot replace judgement is the behavior of financial markets. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

#cannot #financial #financial markets #judgement #markets