
“People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.”
Source: The Stand
2016, Interview with Bill Kristol (2016)
“People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.”
Source: The Stand
“There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.”
Si le grain ne meurt [If It Die] (1924), ch. III
Source: Autumn Leaves
“Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.”
Source: The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
“All things are possible until they are proven impossible.”
There's a big difference.
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“I always wanted to have the courage to do totally crazy, impossible, and also wrong things.”
Quote of Isa Genzken, 1994; as cited on the website of Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam http://www.stedelijk.nl/en/exhibitions/isa-genzken#sthash.9tR3JC9l.dpuf: exhibition Isa Genzken: Mach dich Hübsch! 11-2015 - 03-2016.
1990 - 2000
“The neurotic always wishes people would let him alone - until they do.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Neurotics and neurosis