Famous quotes containing the word unable:
“A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune’s inequality exhibits under this sun.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)
“Napoleon is a torrent which as yet we are unable to stem. Moscow will be the sponge that will suck him dry.”
—Mikhail Kutuzov (1745–1813)
“compassion
turns in on itself
biting its tongue, unable to cry out
or give it a name.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)