Capacity Quote by Chalmers Johnson Download Open image “History teaches us that the capacity for things to get worse is limitless.” — Chalmers Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Capacity History Limitless Teach
If there's one thing that a study of history has taught us, it is that things can always get worse. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It is possible for things to get worse without limit.” — U.S. National Bureau of Standards Dr. Herbert R.J. Grosch Copy Share Image
We only learn our limits by going beyond them. I propose that we all commit ourselves to the process of Constant and Never ending… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
We had entered an era of limitlessness, or the illusion thereof, and this in itself is a sort of wonder. My grandfather lived a… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
In most cases, our so-called limitations are nothing more than our own decision to limit ourselves. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
We have to learn how to work within the limits that are possible, not what is desirable. — Roberto Azevedo Copy Share Image
If we admit that some infinite being has controlled the destinies of persons and peoples, history becomes a most cruel and bloody farce. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“The only limits that exist are the ones we set for ourselves. Break that vicious cycle and go beyond.” — Sheila Parker Copy Share Image
The main thing history can teach us is that human actions have consequences, and that certain choices, once made, cannot be undone. — Gerda Lerner Copy Share Image
“Belief in limits creates limited people. The key is to let go of those limitations and operate from a higher set of resources. The… — Anthony Robbins Copy Share Image
A nation can be one or the other, a democracy or an imperialist, but it can't be both. If it sticks to imperialism, it… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
When war becomes the most profitable course of action, we can certainly expect more of it. — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
The term blowback, which officials of the Central Intelligent Agency first invented for their own internal use, . . . refers to the unintended… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
Although most Americans may be largely ignorant of what was, and still is, being done in their names, all are likely to pay a… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
None of the people's wars of the sixties did very well, including the one in Vietnam. Vo Nguyen Giap himself has admitted a loss… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
The demise of the American empire will be no more regretted than the demise of the Soviet empire. — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
History teaches us that the capacity of things to get worse is limitless. Roman history suggests that the short, happy life of the American… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
As a form of government, imperialism does not seek or require the consent of the governed. It is a pure form of tyranny. The… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
The 'defense' budget is three quarters of a trillion dollars. Profits went up last year well over 25%. I guarantee you: when war becomes… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
Lastly, there is bankruptcy, as the United States pours its economic resources into ever more grandiose military projects and shortchanges the education, health, and… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
Blowback is simply another way of saying that a nation reaps what it sows. — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
Imperial politics represents the conquest of domestic politics and the latter's conversion into a crucial element of inverted totalitarianism. It makes no sense to… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
And you can't complain about kissing Emma Watson. Isn't that what everyone in the world wants to do? I've known Emma for a few… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Man has an almost infinite capacity for taking things and people for granted and thereby missing out on the pleasure of being grateful that… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Assuming normal winter weather, we currently anticipate the coal markets to remain difficult through 2015; while we always strive to operate a full capacity… — Joe Craft Copy Share Image
Disappointment contains an appointment for doing much better. High expectations mean your higher capacity and belief in abilities. — Tasneem Hameed Copy Share Image
For years mental health professionals taught people that they could be psychologically healthy without social support, that “unless you love yourself, no one else… — Bruce D. Perry Copy Share Image
I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between the stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward which we… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
