Famous quotes containing the word unable:
“Napoleon is a torrent which as yet we are unable to stem. Moscow will be the sponge that will suck him dry.”
—Mikhail Kutuzov (17451813)
“There are some persons in this world, who, unable to give better proof of being wise, take a strange delight in showing what they think they have sagaciously read in mankind by uncharitable suspicions of them.”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
“An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.”
—Jean Cocteau (18891963)