#impossible

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#hard #impossible #little #much

Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers. ↗

— Franz Boas

#been #case #deviate #every #exceeding

I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love. ↗

— Edward VIII

#carry #discharge #duties #found #heavy

You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of died before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the book was out of the question. ↗

— Garth Ennis

#anywhere #before #book #chance #dare

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#forlorn #hope #impossible #lovers #pity

That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter. ↗

— Edward Everett

#apparent #battle #could #doubt #encounter

Total absence of humor renders life impossible. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#humor #impossible #life #renders #total

It really is impossible not to like him. His success was his failure. ↗

— Arthur C. Danto

#him #his #impossible #like #really

This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work. ↗

— Bette Davis

#attempt #been #impossible #improve #mine

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago. ↗

— Jim Bishop

#away #difficult #far #far away #future