Limit Quotes

“No man has a right to fix the boundary of the march of a nation; no man has a right to say to his country, 'Thus far shalt thou go and no further.'”

“What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.”

“I know what I can do, and I know what I can't do. I'm not a comedienne.”

“Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.”

“The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.”

“It is precisely in knowing its limits that philosophy exists.”

“The first thing you have to do is take a step back and realize that you're not going to be able to do everything. You can't be everything to everyone.”

“Pain is a good signal. It's a signal that you're pushing your limits.”

“Do not peer too far.”

“We have to be realistic about what we can do. We have to be realistic about what we can't do.”

“Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance.”

“Well, a person can stand only so much ruin.”

“Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?”

“The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.”

“Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.”

“The task of science is to stake out the limits of the knowable, and to center consciousness within them.”

“In the last analysis, you can't be any better than what you are.”

“I think it’s really important to be able to be honest with yourself about what you can’t do.”

“The only limits you have are the limits you believe.”

“The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.”