Limits Quotes

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I believe in a relatively equal society, supported by institutions that limit extremes of wealth and poverty. I believe in democracy, civil liberties, and the… — Paul Krugman
But a sort of rupture-in anguish-leaves us at the limit of tears: in such a case we lose ourselves, we forget ourselves and communicate with… — Georges Bataille
Just like in bodybuilding, failure is also a necessary experience for growth in our own lives, for if we're never tested to our limits, how… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination. — Bertrand Russell
The will is infinite and the execution confin'd, the desire is boundless and the act a slave to limit. — William Shakespeare
The cowardly belief that a person must stay in one place is too reminiscent of the unquestioning resignation of animals, beasts of burden stupefied by… — Isabelle Eberhardt
How can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also God? There is no one, no entity or… — Ian Mcewan
Hereâ€™s what I know about the realm of possibilityâ€” it is always expanding, it is never what you think it is. Everything around us was… — David Levithan
I am thrilled to be alive at time when humanity is pushing against the limits of understanding. Even better, we may eventually discover that there… — Richard Dawkins
(He) mourned mankind, and the blindness of men, who thought that the Kosmos had rules and limits that would shelter them from their own freedom.… — Bruce Sterling
Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge. — Mark Twain
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not destroyed, by understanding its limitations.… — Mortimer Adler
Because you have seen something doesn't mean you can explain it. Differing interpretations will always abound, even when good minds come to bear. The kernel… — Barry Lopez
Walkers are 'practitioners of the city,' for the city is made to be walked. A city is a language, a repository of possibilities, and walking… — Rebecca Solnit
When it comes to paying contractors, the sky is the limit; when it comes to financing the basic functions of the state, the coffers are… — Naomi Klein
To define knowledge as merely empirical is to limit one's ability to know; it enfeebles one's ability to feel and think. — Wendell Berry
Faith and feelings are the warm marrow of evil. Unlike reason, faith and feelings provide no boundary to limit any delusion, any whim. They are… — Terry Goodkind
There are plenty of good reasons for fighting...but no good reason to ever hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty hates with you, too.… — Kurt Vonnegut
The process of giving is without limits. — Joanne Harris
His life has been lived, so far, within narrow limits and he is quite naÃ¯ve about most kinds of experience; he fears it and yet… — Christopher Isherwood

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