“I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.”
James Baldwin (1924–1987) (1924-1987) writer from the United States
Source: City of Lost Souls
“I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.”
James Baldwin (1924–1987) (1924-1987) writer from the United States
Frank Pittman (1935–2012) American psychiatrist
How to Manage Mom and Dad (November/December 1994)
Mariano Rajoy (1955) Spanish politician
29 September, 2009, in a meeting in Dos Hermanas, Seville, referring to the tax increase announced by the Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. <br class="br">As Opposition Leader, 2009 <br class="br">Source: Diario ADN http://www.elpais.com/audios/espana/lapsus/Rajoy/ETA/gran/nacion/csrcsrpor/20070611csrcsrnac_6/Aes/
“If you can't do what you want, do what you can.”
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
Vorkosigan Saga, Memory (1996)
Variant: When you can't get what you want, you take what you can get.
Source: Miles Errant
“But you can't read history at an illiterate stage / And you can't raise a family on minimum wage”
Immortal Technique (1978) American rapper and activist
Harlem Streets
Albums, Revolutionary Vol. 2 (2003)
Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) English clergyman, historian and novelist
Notes of August 1842, published in Charles Kingsley : His Letters and Memories of His Life (1883) edited by Frances Eliza Grenfell Kingsley, p. 65.