#we cannot

Yes, we are all different. Different customs, different foods, different mannerisms, different languages, but not so different that we cannot get along with one another. If we will disagree without being disagreeable. ↗

— J. Martin Kohe

#another #being #cannot #customs #different

We cannot and will not ban the creation of violent video games. But, we can prevent the distribution of these disturbing games to children, where their effects can be negative. ↗

— Herb Kohl

#cannot #children #creation #distribution #disturbing

There is no reason inherent in the real resources available to us why we cannot move rapidly within the next two or three years to a state of genuine full employment. ↗

— William Vickrey

#cannot #employment #full #genuine #inherent

That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove. ↗

— Dan Brown

#be true #cannot #definition #faith #imagine

There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot. ↗

— John Cage

#cannot #empty #empty space #fact #hear

We in the West do not refrain from childbirth because we are concerned about the population explosion or because we feel we cannot afford children, but because we do not like children. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#afford #because #cannot #childbirth #children

No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal. ↗

— Marilyn Ferguson

#appeal #argument #cannot #change #each

We cannot afford to have any large section of the business world in doubt whether they have broken the laws or not, and we cannot let the laws become a dead letter through vagueness. In this view it is clear that an administrative commission can render invaluable service. ↗

— John Bates Clark

#afford #any #become #broken #business

We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#admit #amidst #away #cannot #censorship

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#cannot #civilization #dramatic #emotional #fact