Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity. From LearnThat.org. [Arnold H. Glasow.]
But we're not sure what level of impossibility is at play here. From Wordnik.com. [Tim Pratt's "The Frozen One"] Reference
For Awolowo, the word impossibility was itself an impossibility. From Wordnik.com. [Vanguard News] Reference
The Egyptian hieroglyphic for impossibility is a man walking on waves. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
This impossibility is not one of infirmity, but of infinite power and majesty. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
KenS, factual impossibility is generally not a defense to an inchoate crime (though legal impossibility is). From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Financial Crisis and Causation] Reference
It's impossible to know, though divining that impossibility is exactly what Democratic primary voters charged themselves with this time around. From Wordnik.com. [September 2004] Reference
The impossibility is curious when you consider that in each hamper there is just/two/eggs, about a gill of cream, and, twice a week, a pound of butter!. From Wordnik.com. [New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
The temporal impossibility is impossible, and it's exactly that impossibility that invests the novae and errata of sf and alt-history with their power. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on Strange Fiction: Seams] Reference
And it's not the the failure of the Commons idea needs no evidence, it's that the evidence of its abject impossibility is all around us for everyone to see clearly. From Wordnik.com. [Discourse.net: The Tragedy of 'The Tragedy of the Commons'] Reference
The fact that women ignore the impossibility is their strongest power. From Wordnik.com. [Girls and Women] Reference
But your examples do not focus on a belief in impossibility, which is the essential element here. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The impossibility is the excuse; besides if it were possible, the multitude is an excuse in point of law. From Wordnik.com. [The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814] Reference
Reaching agreements on carbon emissions is a nigh impossibility, that is the wrong way of attacking the problem. From Wordnik.com. [marklynas.org - home] Reference
Thus her dear face, whose image he carried in his heart like an ache, became entwined with the idea of impossibility. From Wordnik.com. [Kalooki Nights] Reference
Like 'rambuncious' or 'puzzlement' or 'impossibility'- When I hear mispronunciations of words like 'madigian' instead of 'magician'. From Wordnik.com. [Tucks Everlasting - A Dress A Day] Reference
The most of the picture is a manifest impossibility, that is to say, a lie; and only rigid cultivation can enable a man to find truth in a lie. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900] Reference
As to the absolute or metaphysical impossibility, that is, whether bilocation involves an intrinsic contradiction, so that by no exertion even of. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference
Yet “every post brought me letters from my friends ... urging in pathetic terms the impossibility of keeping their men together without the assistance of Congress.”. From Wordnik.com. [The True George Washington]
What kind of impossibility will not void a contract?. From Wordnik.com. [The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens.] Reference
What were folks saying about the "impossibility" of evolution?. From Wordnik.com. [Tail Events WILL happen] Reference
However, the kind of impossibility that is implied here concerns not only what is past but also what is present or future. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Damian] Reference
Only the most extreme circumstances, such as impossibility of a review in battlefield conditions, can justify any departure from this rule. From Wordnik.com. [REPORT OF COMMISSION ON NATIONAL STRUCTURES, CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDELINES AND CODES OF CONDUCT ADOPTED AT THE SECOND NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS - JUNE 1985] Reference
But he creates a kind of impossibility between us, doesn't he, and for a while it's best you shouldn't come, not till things change with you. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
If Terry Gilliam refused the project on the grounds of 'impossibility', then perhaps it should have been left on the bookcase and off the big screen. From Wordnik.com. [Must Watch: Zack Snyder's Watchmen Trailer - Absolutely Stunning! « FirstShowing.net] Reference
For instance, one of the reasons cited for the "impossibility" of allowing women to vote is that many of them don't have the photo ID cards required of all voters. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-11-01] Reference
The town clerk was one of your "impossibility" men. From Wordnik.com. [The Cloister and the Hearth] Reference
Seriously, the term "impossibility" is rather harsh. From Wordnik.com. [Technology Review RSS Feeds] Reference
Re "impossibility", the Dec. 31st, 2-1 Court of Appeals ruling in the case of. From Wordnik.com. [The Indiana Law Blog] Reference
The argument comes in two forms - an "impossibility" version and a "frustration" version. From Wordnik.com. [FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles] Reference
I strongly believe the default mind in Nigeria is not 'impossibility' neither is it 'mediocrity'. From Wordnik.com. [Self-Motivation, Personal Growth and Entrepreneurship Development on DeoluAkinyemi.com] Reference
And there's no reason the "impossibility" of a House member winning the presidency can't be likewise a myth. From Wordnik.com. [The American Spectator] Reference
When the word "impossibility" appears in discussions re science, I am always reminded of Arthur C. Clarke's quote. From Wordnik.com. [Technology Review RSS Feeds] Reference
Strictly speaking, I am unaware of any thing that has a right to the title of an "impossibility" except a contradiction in terms. From Wordnik.com. [Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays] Reference
Something came wildly to my lips about "impossibility," the utter impossibility, of any man's thus settling the manner of his death, or the time. From Wordnik.com. [John Halifax, Gentleman] Reference
The civil code has no problem with "foreign sounding" names being changed to those deemed more French, but declares the "impossibility" of reverting. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
Here the "impossibility" is open and honest, but I do not know that the difficulties will be greater than those, less obvious as yet, between other denominations. From Wordnik.com. [The War and Unity Being Lectures Delivered At The Local Lectures Summer Meeting Of The University Of Cambridge, 1918] Reference
No. Therefore you cannot call it an impossibility -- and then use this supposed, untested "impossibility" as your justification for laying waste to whole nations. From Wordnik.com. [CounterPunch] Reference
It†™ s just a plain impossibility. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast AM: July 10, 2006] Reference
"impossibility" that the boys ceased to be her eagerly admiring friends, were afraid to be alone with her, to ask her to dance. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise] Reference
Because for hard-core otaku, the very idea is an impossibility. From Wordnik.com. [CAN A NERD GET THE GIRL?] Reference
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