Possibility Quotes · Page 68

Only a fraction of the camera's possibilities interests me - the marvelous mixture of emotion and geometry, together in a single instant.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

The astronomers tell us that other planets are gifted with two - four - even nine lavish moons. Imagine the romantic possibilities…

— Edna Ferber

Any art which can be subjected to an analytical process is, by this very fact, removed from the possibility of being art.

— Douglas Portway

I find it ironic that fear is eliminating the possibility to tell stories that depict our ability to overcome fear

— Gore Verbinski

Fully to surrender to love can be terrifying. But it is the price life asks in exchange for the possibility of ecstasy.

— Nathaniel Branden

The possibility of a war under the current circumstances is not far-fetched and there is some evidence for that.

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

I'm not trying to write a bleak and blistering screed against American civilization. I'm writing something that I hope is fun and…

— Mark Russell

Every sinner is now on trial once for all. He is now invited by the bleeding Saviour, urged by all the horrors…

— Asahel Nettleton

To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another--that is surely the basic instinct. Baser even than hate, the thing with teeth,…

— Barbara Kingsolver

Each new day beckons you to walk on the road of self-transcendence. We transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We…

— Sri Chinmoy

Today everything comes under the laws of competition and the survival of the fittest, where the powerful feed upon the powerless. As…

— Pope Francis

The impression of wood-grain... must be considered, not only as regards texture and visibility, but for the occasional possibility of the expression…

— Walter J. Phillips

I find it strangely beautiful that the camera with its inherent clarity of object and detail can produce images that in spite…

— Joel Meyerowitz

When Private Bradley [aka Chelsea] Manning put his conscience ahead of his personal well-being by allegedly releasing important information to the world's…

— Ray McGovern

It is crucial to be healthy, for pain wipes out the possibility for pleasure, and severe pain removes the possibility of turning…

— Karen DeCrow

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain…

— Mahatma Gandhi

As with any other great force of nature, there is both glory and danger in the stories we tell ourselves. Some are…

— Dawna Markova

All attempts at law, all religion, all ethical norms might be nothing more than attempts by the weak to restrain the strong.…

— George Zebrowski

If the universe is a non-spatial computer, a 'time machine' is a program that allows a user to have the same (ontologically…

— Kedar Joshi

When there's more lows than highs and I'm not just talking financially, it may be time to see what else is out…

— Melanie Nicholls-King

Science condemns itself to failure when, yielding to the infatuation of the serious, it aspires to attain being, to contain it, and…

— Simone de Beauvoir

But science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding. This source of…

— Albert Einstein

There may be an art to conversation, and some are better at it than others, but conversation's virtue lies in randomness and…

— Lynne Tillman

These boys, now, were living as we'd been living then, they were growing up with a rush and their heads bumped abruptly…

— Anonymous

We must contemplate some extremely unpleasant possibilities, just because we want to avoid them.

— Albert Wohlstetter

Frauds master our minds; magicians, like poets and lovers, engage them in a permanent maze of possibilities.

— Adam Gopnik

Though there is growing division among the Ukrainian military ranks as to loyalty in this revolution, the possibility of violence looms over…

— Bob Schaffer

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

— Jack Donovan

Another possibility is that evolution selected creativity in general as a marker of sexual fitness.

— Daniel Levitin

All I can do is make the best of what I am, become accustomed to it, evaluate the possibilities, and take advantage…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Computerization brings about an essential change in the way the worker can know the world and, with it, a crisis of confidence…

— Shoshana Zuboff

When you fall in love, love deeply. Be tough but also be open to the possibility of forgiveness.

— Nicholas Sparks

Thanks to the greatly improved possibility of communication, we overrate its importance. Even stronger, we underrate the importance of isolation.

— Edsger Dijkstra

All my originality consists?in giving life in human fashion to beings which are impossible according to the laws of possibility.

— Odilon Redon

When we are willing to help others, God will also give us the resources to make it possible.

— Terry Mark

Achieve a state of mind full of positivities and possibilities and be free from manipulations and negativities.

— Terry Mark

No one ever yet was the poorer in the long run for having once in a lifetime, let out all the length…

— Mary Cholmondeley

In the southern half of the country perhaps no crop has larger possibilities for quick increase of production of food for both…

— David F. Houston

Discussing the possibilities of extraterrestrial life: I would love it even if they were short, sullen, grumpy and sexually obsessed. But there…

— Carl Sagan

Business is about profit, yes, and it is about more than profit. At its best, it is about expanding the possibilities of…

— Jon Miller