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We can't do everything at once, but, by God, we can do something at once! Changing — Andy Andrews

Don't fail to do something just because you can't do everything — Richard Stearns

To me, meditation sounds a whole lot like doing nothing. I don't do nothing. I pack every second of every day with something that can get done. — Lisa Genova

Yes, it's true that you can't learn everything from books. But you do learn something about everything. — Jessica Zafra

If she means something to you, you gotta do the woo, son. You can't just be trying to stick it in. — Kylie Scott

If God is calling you to do something, do it! You can't run away from God! — Angus Buchan

When there are doubters, it always fuels the fire a little bit. When people say you can't do something, if you are a competitor, that drives you. — Ben Roethlisberger

I'm greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn't do it, that somehow I can deliver. — Alan Alda

You can't kind of take away, you either do or you don't. If you kind of take away something you're a failure. — John Guare

I don't believe in expending energy on something you can't do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I'd probably do it. — Francesca Annis

We're not consistent. We're not stable. We don't stick with anything. Most of the time we can't even make decisions. — Kevin DeYoung

Recognise excellence. Celebrate weirdness and innovation. Oddballs should be cherished, if they can do something other people can't do. — Anthony Bourdain

You can't be a bad girl, unless you actually do something bad."

-Megan Barnett — E. Van Lowe

If you can't make money from attention, you should do something else for a living. — Seth Godin

If you believe you can do something, then you can acquire the ability to do it even if you didn't have it in the beginning. — Josh Billings

So what do I wish for? Something I'm not sure I want? Someone I'm not sure I need? Or someone I know I can't have? — Stephanie Perkins

I do not repeat conversations that I can't remember. And it's something that irritates me a great deal, because I think most memoirs are false novels. — Paul Auster

I can't imagine a human being so hard up for something to do as to quarrel with me. — Joseph Conrad

I can't do comedy that is cutting and vicious. If I knew I'd said something that was going to make someone feel bad, well, that supersedes everything. — Eugene Levy

If there's something that someone else can do, let them do it. If I couldn't do it uniquely, let someone else do it and I would get back to the lab. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

I can't do everything but I can do something to help somebody. And what I can do I will do. I wish I could do more, — Oseola McCarty

If you don't believe you can do something then you can't. — Kai Greene

You can't do something forever. — Bob Dylan

Don't wait for other people to tell you whether you can do something. You can do something whenever you want. — Nick Lang

Not doing things you can do is the whole point of laziness. Not doing something you can't do is just sensible. — Sarah Rees Brennan

You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done. — Jose Bergamin

I love to write. But it has never gotten any easier to do and you can't expect it to if you keep trying for something better than you can do. — Ernest Hemingway,

I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that. — Harvey Fierstein

Fine. If I can't have you, then you do the taking. Have all of me, part of me, a small piece, whatever you want. Just please, have something. — J.R. Ward

Science isn't just for scientists and guys in lab coats. It's something that everybody can do. — Jamie Hyneman

I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else. — Dolly Parton

Someone has done something for us. Something that we can never forget. Something that we can't do again even for our own selves. — M.H. Rakib

No matter what you do, you're going to have people who have something to say about something you do. You can't please anybody. — Jason Aldean

Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can't are both right. — Henry Ford

I saw something I wanted to do and I decided to do it. The feeling of freedom it gave me- I can't even describe it. It was my decision. I chose it. — Catherine Gilbert Murdock

One thing about me is that I don't like being told I can't do something. — Molly Quinn

Something you can do in a comic that you can't do in a film is that you can have thought bubbles. — Marc Webb

They say the average person can't make a living in art ... but if you tell me there's something I can't do, that's what I have to do. — George Sutherland

Caring about something can make you do things you shouldn't. — Kathryn Holmes

Don't let anyone tell you you can't do something, because you can! — Greg Plitt

When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it. — Theodore Sturgeon

If you can't find a good enough reason to do something, then why do it? — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Most artists don't get paid for what they do, and they are lucky if they can persuade a friend to let them show something at a kid's birthday party. — Andrei Codrescu

Everybody thinks if you do one thing, you can't do something else. So I like the fact that I can be versatile if I want to. — Denise Van Outen

You can't spend your whole life criticizing something and then, when you have the chance to do it better, refuse to go near it. — Vaclav Havel

My number one thing? Don't overleverage yourself. Don't say you can do something when you really can't. — Matthew McConaughey

All of us make mistakes because of youth or ignorance or both. We can't do much about youth, but we can do something about ignorance. — Howard Buffett

I have to say I do read partly for escapism. Why can't I escape and learn something? — Christopher Bollen

You can't picture NOTHING, because as soon as you do, it's SOMETHING. — Cynthia C. DeFelice

If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it badly. — Bill James

My parents always used to tell us not to complain about things but do something about them, so 'Can't is not an option' was almost a way of life. — Nikki Haley

People think you want them to do something or say something special ... you don't. You just want them to be themselves, so you can be yourself. — John Lennon

Now they can do all these magic things with computers. So you think you get to do something in a movie and you find out you don't get to really do it. — Angelina Jolie

The person who doesn't know something can't be done will often find a way to go ahead and do it. — Charles Kettering

I think it's my motivation and my dedication to prove everyone wrong whenever they tell me I can't do something. — The Miz

Once I decide to do something, I can't have people telling me I can't. If there's a roadblock, you jump over it, walk around it, crawl under it. — Kitty Kelley

I won't do something unless I can get at least two or three good laughs out of it. If I can't, it's not gonna make the team. — Jerry Seinfeld

Think of something that you can do as opposed to all the things you can't do - and do that. — Kathleen Hanna

The same thought ... crosses my mind whenever someone tells me there's something I can't do: Try Stopping Me. — Anthony Robles

Not knowing you can't do something, is sometimes all it takes to do it. — Ally Carter

I don't feel like I should pay somebody to do something that I can do. — Tyler James Williams

You can do gross-out until the cows come home but if there isn't something to balance it, then it's not going to work at all. — Curtis Armstrong

Government can't do anything for you except in proportion as it can do something to you. — William F. Buckley Jr.

I'm just saying things never get so bad we can't do something to make them better. — Orson Scott Card

You can't just sit there and do the lines. You have to do something revealing or unusual. — Elia Kazan

She got locs. I got em. I didn't want her paying someone to do something I can do for her. — Desiree

How do you protect yourself from something you can't even see? — Diana Murdock

I've always been pretty tough in that way, where if you tell me I can't do something, I will prove you wrong. — Willie Aames

Just because anyone can do something doesn't mean everyone should, Mrs. — Chris Colfer

I'm not the kind of cat that's going to cut off an ear if I can't do something. — Bob Dylan

The only thing that can make a man do something he doesn't like is guilt — Ayn Rand

You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to do. — Jane Fonda

If you don't stand for something, how can anyone respect what you do? — Miranda Lambert

Don't ever let someone tell you, you can't do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you got to protect it. — Steven Conrad

Sometimes I think you like me better as a wolf." "Sometimes I do. It probably has something to do with the way you CAN'T TALK. — Stephenie Meyer

If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different. — Josh Homme

You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.' — Damian Lewis

Having kids is something you can't always do. Kids are like lightning. You grab that lightning when you can get it. — John Travolta

Every time someone tells me I can't do something the more I want to do it, not to prove them wrong but because I always knew I could do it. — Justin Bienvenue

If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it. — Peter O'Toole

We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for those who don't. — Bear Bryant

We can't just drop everything, sir!"
"Mister Lipwig. Is there something in the word 'tyrant' you do not understand? — Terry Pratchett

I don't even like photography at all. I'm just doing photography until I can do something better. — Nan Goldin

You take away the money from Israel? No. That's something we can't do. — Dan Webster

You can talk all day long, but if you don't do something, it's a waste. — Lena Waithe

You can't substitute the act of making people laugh. It's definitely something that actors like to do. — Thomas Gibson

How do you explain something that you can't even understand yourself? — Nicholas Sparks

There's certainly something to be said about the old truism Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. — Vi Keeland

I'd like to do something to help the worst afflicted, but I can't. It's not possible to save everybody. Even heroes have their all-too-human limits. — Darren Shan

If it's hemorrhaging cash, you've got to do something about it. You can't live with your head in the sand. — Jim Ratcliffe

I figured if you're going to do something, you should do it the best you can. — John T. Walton

So he's above the law because he's a celebrity or something. Just because you're Russell Crowe doesn't mean you can do whatever you like. — Becky Freeman

You know you can get in trouble for visiting a boy's personal space. But if you do something for me, I won't tell anyone. Oh, not today. — Ann Aguirre

I'm not stupid, nor a liar," I said, "and if I can't do any good, I can at least do something — Naomi Novik

You can't teach people to write well. Writing well is something God lets you do or declines to let you do. — Kurt Vonnegut

I get egotistical about things where I can do something well - for example, my singing. Most other things, I don't have the wherewithal to back it up. — David Crosby

The best cure for a hangover is something one straight man can't do for another straight man. — Ben Affleck

If you can't do something about a situation, there's no point in worrying about it. — David Eddings

Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something. Make your own victories. Make your own mistakes. — Joan Jett

It's not very smart to keep trying to do something you can't do and never will be able to do. — Steve Brown