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 are no limits.
Richard Dawkins
Related This will all eventually have to be dealt with and confronted. It will take people a long time to ac... CHRIS HOY There is something that you can do, for a greater good, for a greater cause, one that is far bigger ... KEVIN ABDULRAHMAN There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people. JACK KEMP This is just the beginning, the beginning of understanding that cyberspace has no limits, no boundar... NICHOLAS NEGROPONTE Some people flinch when you talk about art in the context of the needs of society thinking you are i... CHINUA ACHEBE There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, ... RONALD REAGAN Guilt nagged at me. She didn't technically ask me a question, so in theory, I didn't owe her a respo... KATIE MCGARRY To watch King Lear is to approach the recognition that there is indeed no meaning in life, and that ... PETER ACKROYD So, Noah, Echo’s the coat girl.” I had a nickname? Noah chuckled. “Yeah.” “Echo, is your f... KATIE MCGARRY There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my... DAN O'BRIEN In general, there are no limits, and in fact any theoretical limits would be very difficult to estim... GIANNA DAGIAU There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people. JACK KEMP There are basically no limits that can be placed on the introduction of mitigating evidence. JEFF ELLIS There are no limits to either time or distance, except as man himself may make them. I have but to t... HAL BORLAND There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover FRANK HERBERT When you push yourself beyond limits, you discover inner reserves, which you never thought existed e... MANOJ ARORA With the Open Sky, there will be no limits for airlines, whether limits of nationality, of flight or... KARIM GHELLAB Imagine, and it shall be. There are no limits. EVELYN SKYE There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to the human capacity for ... RONALD REAGAN No limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever. THOMAS MALTHUS You can't be a part-time Richard Dawkins. DAVID MITCHELL One finds limits by pushing them. HERBERT SIMON Alexander shifted in my arms. God, he was so small, and from the giddy looks on my father's and Ashl... KATIE MCGARRY God is not constrained by the limits of our understanding. LESLIE MIKLOSY There are no speed limits on the road to excellence. RICHARD BACH There are no speed limits on the road to love; that is why some arrive instantly. MATSHONA DHLIWAYO My limits are limitless. I find my limits every time I act. BILLY CRUDUP ...There are no limits where they choose to travel, BETH HOLLOWAY TWITTY There are limits to the technologies of auditing and there are limits to how much society is willing... DEAN RANDY DEATTY To exceed your limits, you first have to discover them. ROEL VAN SLEEUWEN I want to keep pushing the limits for drummers and expressing myself. TRAVIS BARKER Working hard is not a waste of time, but a state of mind. Keep pushing your limits until you reach t... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES I shall try. At best, I am human. No less subject than any to mortal limits and fallible resource. JANNY WURTS I love inventing interesting people and then pushing them to their absolute limits - and usually tho... MAGGIE STIEFVATER We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are lim... SYLVIA EARLE The limits of language are the limits of one's world. LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN I don't think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life seem. JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER In reality, everyone is unlimited. All limits are simply illusions. Understanding is the breeze that... AMY LEIGH MERCREE Know your limits, but don't be afraid to set the bar a little higher each time so that eventually yo... OSCAR AULIQ-ICE The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for. LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor their baseness. Ther... HENRY MILLER It is clear that today, we have a much better understanding of this problem, ... If in hindsight we ... EDWARD EGAN Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination. BERTRAND RUSSELL It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the l... GREIL MARCUS Freedom of expression is tested during times of anger and conflict and enables all opinions and outr... YAIR LAPID There's no predictability in tennis. Tennis has no time limits. DAVID NEWMAN This is an old story that keeps repeating: The people who are way out there and pushing the limits o... JAMES A. THURBER Surely no one would ever use such a weapon against a city." "There are no limits in war,"... SCOTT WESTERFELD The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. ARTHUR C. CLARKE The only way to reach the possible is to discover the limits of the impossible by vision,attitude an... BOAZ AKUDE Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hel... CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE I think that perhaps we always fall in love the very first time we see the man of our dreams, even t... PAULO COELHO No one is ever free when they cannot approach the obstacle that limits them. STEVEN LAWRENCE HILL, SR. Even freedom of the press has limits. MALIK KHAN Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hel... CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd in one self place; but where we are is hell, And wher... CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd one self place; for where we are is Hell, and where Hell i... CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE Compassion limits even the power of God. SOPHOCLES Echo placed the expertly folded blanket back on the couch and smoothed it several times, insisting o... KATIE MCGARRY If he was to be treated no better than an animal, he would at least learn the limits of his cage. SHIRA ANTHONY Happiness has no time limits or conditions; the only requirement is to give it away. GEORGE ALEXIOU I know my limits." "No one knows their limits till they've gone beyond them. LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD I transcend earthly bounds. I never cease to amaze myself because I haven't yet found my limits.... DON KING Even a superpower has limits. ARIEL SHARON The limits of my language are the limits of my universe. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE No one even knows one percent of the fabulous history of Man; but thanks to history, we know about o... FIDEL CASTRO Look, I have already said I am not going to put any artificial limits on our ambitions this time aro... CHARLES KENNEDY The universe has no limits, so why should you place limits on your ability KISHAN S CHAUHAN We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world -- introspection. We discover... WALTER LIPPMANN We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world - introspection. We discover ... WALTER LIPPMANN The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priests had said, ... EDITH HAMILTON Power has no limits. TIBERIUS CAESAR There are no limits as to the possibilities that we will ask for and certainly the term grand jury f... COMMISSIONER NANCY ROBINSON He assumed there were no further limits in place because the governor went to court and invalidated ... LANCE OLSON As a Christian, but also as a scientist responsible for overseeing the Human Genome Project, one of ... FRANCIS COLLINS The process of radiation may be, and is, continuous - at any rate within limits extending to far sma... CHARLES GLOVER BARKLA It's always something new he gets an idea and we try to execute it the best we can but he's always p... JOE DECAMP We fall so we could rise again, we make mistakes so we could be forgiven, we keep pushing so we coul... JACK JOSEPH CHAHWAN There are limits to self-indulgence, none to restraint. MAHATMA GANDHI Perché crescere significa prendere decisioni difficili, e non è sempre piacevole fare la cosa gius... KATIE MCGARRY When I was a student, the laws of physics were regarded as completely off limits. The job of the sci... PAUL DAVIES Those whom heaven helps we call the sons of heaven. They do not learn this by learning. They do not ... URSULA K. LE GUIN It limits the fuel load down there. We should be able to keep it under control. ED LAIDLAW Time decides the limits of existence. Nothing can be infinite if it exists in time. RAHEEL FAROOQ You've made a sham of the campaign finance law. You could suggest there really are no limits in Flor... CRAIG HOLMAN There are limits to how much sound a cello can make. That's part of the framing of acoustical in... YO-YO MA Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits ELIZABETH DREW Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits. ELIZABETH DREW He's just an incredible athlete. He enjoys testing himself and pushing his limits. He places a high ... PATRICK DEAN There are lots of guys out there who write a better prose line than I do and who have a better under... STEPHEN KING I still find it hard to push my own limits. I know where my limits are and that I always have to pus... CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG There has to be a reasonable budget policy that limits the countries in their spending. KLAUS LIEBSCHER I'd say Harvard graduates leave here with a sense of the possible and the limit - and a sense th... DREW GILPIN FAUST You have the right to be wrong. Let your ideas fail, let your skills prove their inadequacy, and let... STEVE PAVLINA Goal celebrations are always welcome on the Brazilian team. But there should be limits. CARLOS ALBERTO PARREIRA We're trying to do everything at once, but there are limits. The council didn't want to overburden t... LARRY PLEASANT I want to keep pushing the limits to see what's possible. That's the nice thing about ski ra... LINDSEY VONN We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal... MALCOLM GLADWELL Polls explain, not predict. They are instruments that have limits and collect answers from people wh... FERNANDO TUESTA Because terms limits are so popular, the interest of a member of Congress in staying in office would... RON DESANTIS
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