Quotes with possibility

  • Anti-Semitism is a horrible disease from which nobody is immune, and it has a kind of evil fascination that makes an enlightened person draw near the source of infection, supposedly in a scientific spirit, but really to sniff the vapors and dally with the possibility.
  • Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over what seems essentially uncontrollable, in the coherence of the inchoate, and in its ability to create its own values.
  • Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.
  • There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is not just a stock of affects or pleasure, but also the possibility of playing double or quits with the share you hold in the other's heart.
  • But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers.
  • There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature - the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick.
  • Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.
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  • Bill Watterson As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. The latter was never much of a possibility, as I don't even like riding in elevators.
    The Complete Calvin and Hobbes Introduction
    Bill Watterson
    American cartoonist (1958 - )
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  • Emily Dickinson I dwell in Possibility.
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Ayn Rand A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • Samuel Smiles An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.
    Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • Mary McCarthy Anti-Semitism is a horrible disease from which nobody is immune, and it has a kind of evil fascination that makes an enlightened person draw near the source of infection, supposedly in a scientific spirit, but really to sniff the vapors and dally with the possibility.
    Mary McCarthy
    American author (1912 - 1989)
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  • Wayne Dyer Anything that has been accomplished by any other human being in the physical realm is within the field of possibility.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • Camille Pissarro 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.
    Camille Pissarro
    Danish-French Impressionist painter (1830 - 1903)
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  • Angela Davis Because it would be too agonizing to cope with the possibility that anyone, including our­ selves, could become a prisoner, we tend to think of the prison as disconnected from our own lives. This is even true for some of us, women as well as men, who have already experienced imprisonment.
    Angela Davis
    American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author (1944 - )
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  • Armistead Maupin But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers.
    Armistead Maupin
    American writer (1944 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin Can you imagine, in 2030, taking a space cruise on the very ship that carried the first human beings to Mars? I can't believe that people wouldn't line up for that possibility.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Bruce Jackson Documentary films are created in an inverted funnel of declining possibility.
    Bruce Jackson
    American folklorist, documentary filmmaker and writer (1936 - )
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  • John Updike Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Paul J. Meyer Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.
    Paul J. Meyer
    American businessman and business consultant (1928 - )
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  • Benito Mussolini Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace.
    Benito Mussolini
    Italian journalist, politician and dictator (1883 - 1945)
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  • Francis Quarles Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.
    Francis Quarles
    British poet (1592 - 1644)
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  • Alva Myrdal First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war.
    Alva Myrdal
    Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician (1902 - 1986)
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  • Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a single, yet real activity. The longing for freedom, therefore, is at first only too frequently suggested by the deep-felt consciousness of its absence.
    Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
    German statesman (1767 - 1835)
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  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    British author (1859 - 1930)
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  • Ann Oakley Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.
    Ann Oakley
    British sociologist, writer (1944 - )
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