Quotes About Limitations

Without money, one must take what one is offered, and be glad to get it.

We foolishly believe that our own limitations are the proper measure of limitations.

It certainly takes bravery to remain skeptical; it takes inordinate courage to introspect, to confront oneself, to accept one's limitations--Scientists are seeing more and more evidence that we are specifically designed by mother nature to fool ourselves.

what is made to fly will not do well trapped on the ground

Our sophistication continuously puts us ahead of ourselves, creating things we are less and less capable of understanding.

we know a lot more what is wrong than what is right

It illustrates a severe limitation to our learning from observations or experience and the fragility of our knowledge.

We could plan while bearing in mind such limitations.

We could plan while bearing in mind such limitations. It just takes guts.

Some professions, such as dentists, consultants, or massage professionals, cannot be scaled: there is a cap on the number of patients or clients you can see in a given period of time.

We cannot truly plan, because we do not understand the future—but this is not necessarily bad news. We could plan while bearing in mind such limitations. It just takes guts.

so users were severely constrained by time.

People who are trapped in their jobs

People can't predict how long they will be happy with recently acquired objects, how long their marriages will last, how their new jobs will turn out, yet it's subatomic particles that they cite as "limits of prediction." They're ignoring a mammoth standing in front of them in favor of matter even a microscope would not allow them to see.

je le sens très bien,mais je ne sais pas l'exprimer...je n'ai à ma disposition que de pauvres mots complètement usés à force d'avoir servi à tous et à tout...

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.

A pedestal is the most insidious prison ever devised.

They have elevated him on a pedestal, but...a pedestal is nothing more than an elegant cage. No walls, no locks, but unless one has wings to fly away, one is trapped. A pedestal is the most insidious prison ever devised.

How frustrating it is to have so much power, yet be so impotent to wield it when it counts.

Tyger might have thought of himself as a free spirit, but he wasn't at all. He just defined the dimensions of his own cage.

We are, however, creatures of containment. We want all things in life packed into boxes that we can label. But just because we have the ability to label it, doesn't mean we really know what's in the box.

I can't help what I have any more than you can help what you don't

pedestal is nothing more than an elegant cage. No walls, no locks, but unless one has wings to fly away, one is trapped. A pedestal is the most insidious prison ever devised.

What's the point of three foot pedals?" Citra complained. "People only have two feet.