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
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She didn't technically ask me a question, so in theory, I didn't owe her a respo... KATIE MCGARRY 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 limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people. JACK KEMP This is an old story that keeps repeating: The people who are way out there and pushing the limits o... JAMES A. THURBER In general, there are no limits, and in fact any theoretical limits would be very difficult to estim... GIANNA DAGIAU There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my... DAN O'BRIEN There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to the human capacity for ... RONALD REAGAN With the Open Sky, there will be no limits for airlines, whether limits of nationality, of flight or... KARIM GHELLAB 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 basically no limits that can be placed on the introduction of mitigating evidence. JEFF ELLIS We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are lim... SYLVIA EARLE My limits are limitless. I find my limits every time I act. BILLY CRUDUP There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover FRANK HERBERT Imagine, and it shall be. There are no limits. EVELYN SKYE 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 You can't be a part-time Richard Dawkins. DAVID MITCHELL No limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever. THOMAS MALTHUS I want to keep pushing the limits for drummers and expressing myself. TRAVIS BARKER I'd say Harvard graduates leave here with a sense of the possible and the limit - and a sense th... DREW GILPIN FAUST We fall so we could rise again, we make mistakes so we could be forgiven, we keep pushing so we coul... JACK JOSEPH CHAHWAN Know your limits, but don't be afraid to set the bar a little higher each time so that eventually yo... OSCAR AULIQ-ICE 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 limits where they choose to travel, BETH HOLLOWAY TWITTY If he was to be treated no better than an animal, he would at least learn the limits of his cage. SHIRA ANTHONY There are no speed limits on the road to love; that is why some arrive instantly. MATSHONA DHLIWAYO There are limits to the technologies of auditing and there are limits to how much society is willing... DEAN RANDY DEATTY There are limits to how much sound a cello can make. That's part of the framing of acoustical in... YO-YO MA 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 In reality, everyone is unlimited. All limits are simply illusions. Understanding is the breeze that... AMY LEIGH MERCREE 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 The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priests had said, ... EDITH HAMILTON When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor their baseness. Ther... HENRY MILLER To exceed your limits, you first have to discover them. ROEL VAN SLEEUWEN Perché crescere significa prendere decisioni difficili, e non è sempre piacevole fare la cosa gius... KATIE MCGARRY I love inventing interesting people and then pushing them to their absolute limits - and usually tho... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination. BERTRAND RUSSELL I think that perhaps we always fall in love the very first time we see the man of our dreams, even t... PAULO COELHO I want to keep pushing the limits to see what's possible. That's the nice thing about ski ra... LINDSEY VONN The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. ARTHUR C. CLARKE You have the right to be wrong. Let your ideas fail, let your skills prove their inadequacy, and let... STEVE PAVLINA Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd one self place; for where we are is Hell, and where Hell i... CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for. LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN The limits of language are the limits of one's world. LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN The process of radiation may be, and is, continuous - at any rate within limits extending to far sma... CHARLES GLOVER BARKLA I don't think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life seem. JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER 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 There are no limits as to the possibilities that we will ask for and certainly the term grand jury f... COMMISSIONER NANCY ROBINSON 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 circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hel... CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE It is clear that today, we have a much better understanding of this problem, ... If in hindsight we ... EDWARD EGAN The limits of my language are the limits of my universe. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE We're pushing the limits of what a game is, and they think I'm beyond this limit. There will... SETH PRIEBATSCH No one is ever free when they cannot approach the obstacle that limits them. STEVEN LAWRENCE HILL, SR. Surely no one would ever use such a weapon against a city." "There are no limits in war,"... SCOTT WESTERFELD As a Christian, but also as a scientist responsible for overseeing the Human Genome Project, one of ... FRANCIS COLLINS There's no predictability in tennis. Tennis has no time limits. DAVID NEWMAN 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 circumscrib'd in one self place; but where we are is hell, And wher... CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE I know my limits." "No one knows their limits till they've gone beyond them. LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD Echo placed the expertly folded blanket back on the couch and smoothed it several times, insisting o... KATIE MCGARRY Happiness has no time limits or conditions; the only requirement is to give it away. GEORGE ALEXIOU I transcend earthly bounds. I never cease to amaze myself because I haven't yet found my limits.... DON KING I think that man has a fundamental obligation to extract from himself and from the earth all that it... PIERRE TEILHARD DE CHARDIN Even freedom of the press has limits. MALIK KHAN Compassion limits even the power of God. SOPHOCLES When I was a student, the laws of physics were regarded as completely off limits. The job of the sci... PAUL DAVIES “The sky has never been the limit. We are our own limits. It’s then about breaking our personal ... FARSHAD ASL I am not up there by chance. I am there by choice. And I know the wire. And I know my limits. And I ... PHILIPPE PETIT Whether we like it or not, each of us is constrained by limits on what we can do and feel. To ignore... MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI 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 We now know, and those are all the problems that we intend to fix with better communication plans. T... CONNIE COCHRAN He assumed there were no further limits in place because the governor went to court and invalidated ... LANCE OLSON You know, you look at term limits, you poll term limits, 70, 80 percent of Republicans or Democrats ... RAND PAUL Time limits are fictional. Losing all sense of time is actually the way to reality. We use clocks an... LESLIE MARMON SILKO As a lobbyist, I was completely against term limits, and I know a lot of people are against term lim... JACK ABRAMOFF The universe has no limits, so why should you place limits on your ability KISHAN S CHAUHAN I may be no better, but at least I am different. JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU Polls explain, not predict. They are instruments that have limits and collect answers from people wh... FERNANDO TUESTA To me its just looking inside myself and pushing myself to the extreme and pushing the limits that s... JEREMY BLOOM 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 are limits to self-indulgence, none to restraint. MAHATMA GANDHI No one even knows one percent of the fabulous history of Man; but thanks to history, we know about o... FIDEL CASTRO The progress of the natural sciences in modern times has of course so much exceeded all expectations... FRIEDRICH AUGUST VON HAYEK Look, I have already said I am not going to put any artificial limits on our ambitions this time aro... 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