Freebsd Fortunes 7

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
                -- Norman Douglas

You can write a small letter to Grandma in the filename.
                -- Forbes Burkowski, CS, University of Washington

You canna change the laws of physics, Captain;
I've got to have thirty minutes!

You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.

You cannot choose your battlefield, the gods do that for you.
But you can plant a standard where a standard never flew.
                -- Nathalia Crane

You cannot have a science without measurement.
                -- R. W. Hamming

You cannot kill time without injuring eternity.

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

You cannot see the wood for the trees.
                -- John Heywood

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
                -- Indira Gandhi