Y Quotes
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“You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.”
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
“You can't be trying to be funny. As an adult actor, sometimes I'll muddle it up by over-thinking things.”
“You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine.”
“You can't be twenty-four hours of just Bush-bashing.”
“You can't be two people in your brain, one rock dude and a dad - there's something in the middle of them, and that's really what you are and that's going to make you the best dad - not when you try to be one or the other.”
“You can't be unique any way. Music is made from seven notes. You will always come back to something. Even if you think you are unique, you will come back to something that existed before you were doing what you are doing.”
“You can't be up the reader's ass, as many a writer I think is - cute as hell, ingratiating as hell. But that's not loving the reader in the right way. That's toadying to the reader.”
“you can't be value free when it comes to marriage”
“You can't be what you can't see, so it's harder for women to say, "I'm going to be a [presidential] candidate," so we need to go to women who would be good candidates and say, "You would be a good candidate and I'll help you." It's not a passive question, it's not when will it happen, but an active question, when will we make it happen?”
“You can't be what you can't see.”
“You can't be what you don't see. I didn't think about being a doctor. I didn't even think about being a clerk in a store, I'd never seen a black clerk in a clothing store.”
“You can't be who you are going to be and who you used to be at the same time.”
“You can't be wise and in love at the same time.”
“You can't be wise without being intelligent, but you certainly can be intelligent without being wise.”
“You can't be wishy-washy. That's the most boring thing in the world, to be a middle-of-the-road wet noodle. That's my greatest fear, to be like, "Oh, whatever." That's just not who I am.”
“You can't be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.”
“You can't be wrong in journalism. Take a wrong turn in journalism, and you are writing fiction. You can take a wrong turn in poetry, and something wonderful can happen.”
“You can't be young always. The day will come when everything will fall apart.”
“You can't beat a good sonnet, and you can write a sonnet without being married to the damned thing.”
“You can't beat a love triangle.”
“You can't beat a nice glass of Chardonnay after a really long, hard day.”
“You can't beat everyone up all the time with the same brush”
“You can't beat life when you consider the alternatives.”
“you can't beat me and my prayers!”
“You can't beat sex outdoors, but there are not many places I haven't done it. Forests, barns, in swimming pool changing rooms, on top of hills, you name it.”
“You can't beat somebody with nobody.”
“You can't beat the beehive for glam punkette attitude.”
“You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.”
“You can't beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don't even try to.”
“You can't beat your enemy anymore through wars; instead you create an entire generation of people revenge-seeking. [...] Our opponents are going to resort to car bombs and suicide attacks because they have no other way to win. I believe (Rumsfeld) thinks this is a war that can be won, but there is no such thing anymore. We can't beat anyone anymore.”
“You can't become a billionaire stepping over children sleeping on the street.”
Source: The Speech: On Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class
“You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There's life in a nutshell.”
Source: Mud, Sweat, and Tears: The Autobiography
“You can't become a dictator through checks and balances.”
“You can't become a leader in one conference.”
“You can't become a winner overnight, or even in a couple of years-it takes time... You will lose races and you will have to accept that, learn from it and believe that you'll win the next one, knowing that you'll probably lose that as well. All the time you have to keep believing that one day you will win.”
“You can't become another person if you're not self-aware.”
“You can't become legendary if you have no energy.”
“You can't become tempted if you just give in a little quicker.”
“You can't behave in a calm, rational manner. You've got to be out there on the lunatic fringe.”
“You can't belay a man who's falling in love.”
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
“You can't believe any picture nowadays, if it's digital. You can't really believe. If you see me shaking hands with Mr. [Barack] Obama, it doesn't mean I ever met him, does it?”
“You can't believe everything people tell you - not even if those people are your own brain.”
Source: Strange Places
“You can't believe everything you read.”
“You can't believe everything you read. It's never been more true.”
“You can't believe how hard it is for people to be simple, how much they fear being simple. They worry that if they're simple, people will think they're simpleminded. In reality, of course, it's just the reverse. Clear, tough-minded people are the most simple.”
Source: Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader
“You can't believe one thing and do another. What you believe and what you do are the same thing.”
Source: Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance
“You can't believe your own hype, or your own worst moments. Neither is as important as knowing your "why." The harder the challenges are, the more this matters. It is a true gift that I'm so grateful for to my core when someone else sees and acknowledges my why. But you can't expect it or need it. Your ability to really see yourself can power you through.”
“You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.”
“You can't better the world by simply talking to it. Philosophy
to be effective must be mechanically applied.”
“You can't blame a match for a house made of straw, Alek.”
Source: Goliath