#thinkable

The unthinkable occurred: two communist countries went to war with each other. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#countries #each #occurred #other #two

I'm trying to trick people into thinking about the unthinkable by using pop culture images. ↗

— John Shirley

#culture #i #images #into #people

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

What kind of America do people want to leave for their children? What horrors are down the road, stuff that was unthinkable 30 years ago? ↗

— Randall Terry

#america #children #down #down the road #horrors

I couldn’t imagine leaving a child. Not because it was unthinkable, but because I couldn’t imagine having a child to leave. ↗

— V.T. Davy

#children #leave #unthinkable #art

We have no choice but to be guilty. God is unthinkable if we are innocent. ↗

— Archibald MacLeish

#god #guilty #innocent #unthinkable

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

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

A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding. ↗

— William Gibson

#city #clusters #complexity #computer #constellations

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. ↗

— Andre Gide

#arrive #cross #frenchman #having #honor