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those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables
those who say it -can-not be -done should not in-ter-rup-t those -do-ing it
IPA
83
Scrabble Score
55
Letters
9
Syllables
18
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

People who dispute that a task is possible should not impede those people who attempt to do it.

Etymology

Possibly from a Chicago newspaper in 1903: “Things move along so rapidly nowadays that people saying: ‘It can’t be done,’ are always being interrupted by somebody doing it.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/world/asia/ivanka-trump-china-summit-korea.html

Questions

What does those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it mean?
People who dispute that a task is possible should not impede those people who attempt to do it.
Where does those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it come from?
Possibly from a Chicago newspaper in 1903: “Things move along so rapidly nowadays that people saying: ‘It can’t be done,’ are always being interrupted by somebody doing it.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/world/asia/ivanka-trump-china-summit-korea.html

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