Possibility Quotes

One of the greatest values of controversy is its revealing nature. The real issues at stake come into the open and have the possibility of being reconciled.

So I cradle this average violin that knows Only forgotten showtunes, but argues The possibility of free declamation anchored To a dull refrain.

Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.

I'd like men to think about evolving into something more sophisticated, more seductive. To explore the possibility of an entirely new masculinity.

I'm interested when things are upside down - because there are so many possibilities in that one moment. There is a lot that is exposed.

Learning in the arts requires the ability and a willingness to surrender to the unanticipated possibilities of the work as it unfolds.

If you allow for the possibilities of something better, you move toward it instinctively.

I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself.

Philosophy stands in need of a science which shall determine the possibility, principles, and extent of human knowledge à priori.

I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist.

If you live your life burning for the highest possibility, in that burning itself, there is liberation.

That humankind has fallen into the insanity of concensus trance, and lost touch with our true possibilities and functions is a tragedy.

You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.

Of course, with the increasing number of aeroplanes one gains increased opportunities for shooting down one's enemies, but at the same time, the possibility of being shot down one's self increases.

The first possibility of rural cleanliness lies in water supply.

There is no ethics in general. There are only-eventually-ethics of processes by which we treat the possibilities of a situation.

Over all, I want you to discover the joy of creation by your own hand. ... The possibility of creation from paper is infinite.

we are human beings, we are born full of guilt; we feel terrified when happiness becomes a real possibility.

We can't, we MUST not lose this sense of possibility because in the end, it's all we have.

The purpose of poetry is to restore to mankind the possibility to wonder.

Live the rest of your life in possibility

Your possibilities are unlimited, but it all begins with the deliberate choice to think differently.

My art is about paying attention - about the extremely dangerous possibility that you might be art.

When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them.

My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity.

We would fight not for the political future of a distant city [Danzig], rather for principles whose destruction would ruin the possibility of peace and security for the peoples of the earth.

We're in a new world. We're in a world in which the possibility of terrorism, married up with technology, could make us very, very sorry that we didn't act.

The greatest danger for those working in the cinema is the extraordinary possibility it offers for lying.

If there's a song where there's a possibility of guitar stuff that would be fun to listen to, go for it. Don't worry about what anybody thinks.

May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility.

We are so used to releasing words, we don't know what to do with them if they stay. No matter how many times we let them go, they come back. The words that matter always stay.

Sometimes men pick fights just for something to do-just to feel something like the threat of harm and the possibility of triumph.

The eternal void is filled with infinite possibilities

You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.

Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory? Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty.

A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant.

Factors in the art of warfare are: First, calculations; second, quantities; third, logistics; fourth, the balance of power; and fifth, the possibility of victory is based on the balance of power.

Time and again human consciousness fixates, and slams the door on its greatest gift, the open-endedness of infinite possibility. As a result we do not experience reality but merely our concept of it.

The possibility of being as free with the camera as we are with the pen is a fantastic prospect for the creative life of the 21st century.

Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.

Behind me is infinite power, before me is endless possibility, around me is boundless opportunity.

A great many people fall in love with or feel attracted to a person who offers the least possibility of a harmonious union.

At fifty, that is in 1880, I formulated the idea of unity, without being able to render it. At sixty, I am beginning to see the possibility of rendering it.

With government deregulation and the triumph of financial liberalization, the dangers of systemic risks, the possibility of a financial tsunami, sharply increased.

Every possibility begins with the courage to imagine.

With science fiction there's endless possibilities.

Profound insights arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct ideas but also dubious ideas.

I had never imagined myself doing [wrestling]. Once I came to the realization that it was a possibility, I just tried to concentrate on what I thought people would enjoy.

Always have one possibility in mind and that is to go to the top, to be the best. Everything else should just be a means to that end.

Together we have given the world the possibility of one day living on a truly mine-free planet.