#unable

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#animal #away #creatures #discontent #dying

Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express. ↗

— James C. Maxwell

#flatter #human #human language #ideas #language

Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#able #distinguish #population #produced #read

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine. ↗

— Plato

#endure #eyes #multitudes #soul #unable

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. ↗

— Anais Nin

#say #unable #writer

Silver and gold the Gods have denied them, whether in mercy or in wrath, I am unable to determine. ↗

— Germanicus

#denied #determine #gods #gold #i

There is a large body of abolitionists in Clinton and Clark Counties in this state, and in Wayne County Indiana, that would undoubtedly support such a store, but whether their support would be sufficient, I am unable to say. ↗

— Gamaliel Bailey

#am #body #clark #clinton #counties

I'm unable to ignore the gift that God gave me, so I'm going to sing. ↗

— Lisa Nicole Carson

#gift #god #going #i #ignore

It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one. ↗

— Robert Capa

#anything #around #aside #easy #except

In addition, we were unable to meet openly to discuss the progress of the book, for we were both on the list of persons banned from communicating with other banned persons. ↗

— Ruth First

#banned #book #both #communicating #discuss