The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me, And I cannot, cannot go. The giant trees are bending Their bare boughs weighed with snow; The storm is fast descending, And yet I cannot go. Clouds beyond c...
A louse cannot lift the eiderdown.
Courage cannot be bought at the inn.
A mousetrap cannot kill an elephant.
A donkey cannot trot for long.
What is done cannot be undone.
A fog cannot be dispelled by a fan.
A parasite cannot live alone.
One cannot count on riches.
What's done cannot be undone.
You cannot win if you cannot run.
I cannot write music. I cannot play the piano.
I have tried to let you go and I cannot. I cannot stop thinking of you. I cannot stop dreaming about you.
I cannot be broken. I cannot be killed. I cannot fail. This is my identity. This is my core. I am infinite. I am permanent. I am unbreakable.
I guess I strongly feel that we cannot pretend that the Third World is not part of our world. We cannot say 'OK, there's that problem over there, let's just close our eyes' - we cannot do that.
We cannot erase what has been done. We can apologize for it. We can express our outrage. We can say to the American people and to the people of the world, this is not our way and we do not condone it, but we cannot change it and we cannot erase it.
You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.
We cannot stop the winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring or the fall or make them other than they are. They are gifts from the universe that we cannot refuse. But we can choose what we will contribute to life when each arrives.
Truth cannot be constructed. To live in ideology is, as Havel so eloquently reminds us, inevitably to live in a lie. Truth can only be revealed. We cannot be creators, only receptors.
Rotten wood cannot be carved.
The leopard cannot change its spots.
