Unattainability Quotes & Sayings

The hand that once wielded both sword and axe now aches after an evening of the quill. When I wipe the tip of one clean, I often wonder how many buckets of ink I have used in a lifetime. How many words have I set down on paper or vellum, thinking to trap the truth thereby? And of those words, how many have I myself consigned to the flames as worthless and wrong? I do as I have done so many times. I write, I sand the wet ink, I consider my own words. Then I burn them. Perhaps when I do so, the truth goes up the chimney as smoke. Is it destroyed, or set free in the world? I do not know. I — Robin Hobb

The goal is the developed Kingdom of God, the New Jerusalem, a world order under God's law. — R.J. Rushdoony

He who writes our every story needs no annotation from me. — Eli Brown

Not because they're dead. Though unattainability is always attractive. — Audrey Niffenegger

Some of the most beautiful things are those we can only enjoy from afar. The unattainability makes the attraction more intense. — Penelope Ward

I am sure that nothing is worth killing him for. — Veronica Roth

This job is all about appearances, Sage. We only hire individuals who take pride in themselves, who can present themselves in a certain manner, while at the same time representing us in such a way that reflects class and allure ... a certain degree of unattainability. — Anonymous

It's such a thrill to perform live. You never know if you're going to get hit with a bottle or a bra. — John Rzeznik

Industry pays debts, while despair increases them. — Benjamin Franklin

She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon. — Groucho Marx

If I start mining for opinions on hundreds of websites that have fan forums, I'll be totally distorted in my view of myself. I'll lose myself in all that. — Geddy Lee

Unattainability. The most intense joy lies not in the having, but in
the desiring. The delight that never fades, the bliss that is eternal,
is only yours when what you most desire is just out of your reach. — C.S. Lewis

something to be attained by special virtuous techniques, the less real it becomes. As it becomes less real, it recedes further into the distance of abstraction, futurity, unattainability. The — Thomas Merton

I've never lost my cool. Even in love affairs. If you have Plan B and Plan C, you are all the time relaxed. — Mikhail Prokhorov

Given the unattainability of perfect robustness, we need a mechanism by which the system regenerates itself continuously by using, rather than suffering from, random events, unpredictable shocks, stressors, and volatility. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

It is exactly the unattainability, which differentiates a dream from a goal: Goals are reachable, when you fight for them. Dreams are not. Athletes shouldn't dream, but set goals for themselves and fight for them. — Fabian Cancellara