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Quotes About Incapable

Isn't it wonderful that our bodies can give us so much pleasure?" he said to her once, quite simply. They were happy and radiantly innocent. They were both incapable of the conception that joy is sin.
~ Ayn Rand
Neither the next day, nor the day after that, did M. Folantin's unhappiness dissipate; he simply let himself drift, incapable of resisting this crushing feeling of depression. Mechanically, under a rainy sky, he would make his way to his office; then he would leave it, eat, and go to bed at nine, only to resume the following day the exact same routine; little by little he slid into complete spiritual apathy.
~ Joris-Karl Huysmans
Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth.
~ Harold MacMillan
Trump has manufactured the first-ever Celebrity Immunity Bubble - rendering him incapable of offense, no matter whom he offends. It's brilliant.
~ Greg Gutfeld
Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good.
~ Maelle Gavet
I'm very interested in the drama of the leading man being someone who is incapable, becoming capable.
~ David Harbour
The modern military justice system is by design a body incapable of blind justice.
~ Kerry Kennedy
Regrettably, the media are seemingly incapable of mentioning the words 'compassion' and 'Trump' in the same sentence.
~ Lara Trump
The matter had to be settled immediately, without delaying another day, for at times he too felt an imperious need for instant solutions, which is all the weak are capable of, given their inability to sustain an effort of will.
~ Guy de Maupassant
The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by a man incapable of it.
~ Murray Kempton
I love life - that's my real weakness. I love it so much that I am incapable of imagining what is not life.
~ Albert Camus
I am incapable of a profound remark on the workings of Destiny
~ Beryl Markham
To her all things are poignantly lacking — but she is incapable of desiring anything.
~ Beryl Markham
The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by men incapable of it." —Murray Kempton
~ Susan Wiggs
It was God's love which knew that men were incapable of obeying His law, and it was His love which promised a Redeemer, a Savior, who would save His people from their sins.
~ Billy Graham
Pragmatically, aesthetic value can be recognized or experienced, but it cannot be conveyed to those who are incapable of grasping its sensations and perceptions. To quarrel on its behalf is always a blunder.
~ Harold Bloom
I'm constitutionally incapable of working on planes or trains, and airports are definitely out.
~ Damon Galgut
We desire truth, and find within ourselves only uncertainty. We seek happiness, and find only misery and death. We cannot but desire truth and happiness, and are incapable of certainty or happiness.
~ Blaise Pascal
Danny pensaba que la inmensa mayoría de la gente del sector estaba cegada por sus intereses y era incapaz de ver los riesgos que había creado.
~ Michael Lewis
We desire truth and find in ourselves nothing but uncertainty. We seek happiness and find only wretchedness and death. We are incapable of not desiring truth and happiness and incapable of either certainty or happiness. We have been left with this desire as much as a punishment as to make us feel how far we have fallen.
~ Blaise Pascal
I am incapable of more knowledge.
~ Sylvia Plath
unfortunately, I am incapable of thinking up perfectly biting, split-second retorts, in any language. The French even have a word for this: l'esprit de l'escalier; staircase wit, something you only think of on the way out.
~ Tania Aebi
Mevary, who was in many ways a fool had still the quick immediate wit of those incapable of prolonged deduction.
~ Tanith Lee
Jim had a spirit that was incapable of compromise.
~ John Densmore