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Quotes About Limitations

Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. This is as true of humans as it is of gas molecules in a sealed flask. The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who so survive.
~ Frank Herbert
Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny, Paul said. They're organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized and it has no conscience. It can crush the highest and the lowest, removing all dignity and individuality. It has an unstable balance point and no limitations.
~ Frank Herbert
Only a fool imagines he's beyond the reach of his prejudices.
~ Frank Herbert
Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "They're organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized and it has no conscience. It can crush the highest and the lowest, removing all dignity and individuality. It has an unstable balance point and no limitations. I, however, have limitations. In my desire to provide an ultimate protection for my people, I forbid a constitution.
~ Frank Herbert
Îngr?dirile de orice fel sunt cel mai fertil teren pentru cultivarea urii fa?? de tot ce vine din exterior (...). Numai c? recolta este întotdeauna amar?.
~ Frank Herbert
Dentro de mim próprio não há, sem relações humanas, mentiras visíveis. O círculo limitado é puro.
~ Franz Kafka
Ciertamente, la libertad que hoy es posible es un arbusto raquítico. Pero, al fin y al cabo, es libertad que, al fin y al cabo, es un bien.
~ Franz Kafka
On ne peut pas briser de chaînes quand il n'y en a pas de visibles.
~ Franz Kafka
I can and do aspire to be greater than the sum total of my experiences, but I accept my limitations. I willingly accept that we who judge must not deny the differences resulting from experience and heritage but attempt, as the Supreme Court suggests, continuously to judge when those opinions, sympathies and prejudices are appropriate.
~ Sonia Sotomayor
I've lived in small rooms, flats, growing plants in pots on window sills. I'd have liked to have had a full-fledged garden with all kinds of flowers and plants. I've never had enough money to buy a big enough garden space.
~ Ruskin Bond
I had neck surgery and I'm not freaking stupid. I get that my window is smaller than it was and my bump card is ticking.
~ Tommaso Ciampa
I cannot command winds and weather.
~ Horatio Nelson
It's nice to be thought of as attractive and all of that. On the other hand, it curtails you somewhat, too. They won't let me read for 'West Wing,' just to play, you know, a normal person. Or 'ER,' to play a doctor - the things I'm actually good at. I mean, I'm pretty good on foreign policy - they won't even let me come read for that.
~ Morgan Fairchild
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
~ Denis Waitley
I can't text. My fingers are too big.
~ Denis Leary
I do think that once you remove the limitations of the page, once you turn text transitive, meaning it can be clicked away from, the forward movement of text can be interrupted. But I don't think this is just a function of technology. It's also a function of cultural preference.
~ Joshua Cohen
Throughout the history of America, we have been a nation driven by the idea of the frontier - a place where law was slim and liberty was enormous, where you could make your way in the world based on your own ambition and abilities, not fenced in by the limitations of society.
~ Ben Domenech
The only thing I admit I can't do with my long nails done is trying to get my card out of the ATM.
~ Rosalia
There is so much freedom I enjoy in theatre. In films, the roles are limited.
~ Lillete Dubey
When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.
~ Evelyn Waugh
push him to rely on himself. It's essential for every child, but more so for Noah. He'll need the confidence going forward if he's to overcome his limitations." "I know.
~ Robyn Carr
But second chances aren't forever Even miracles have an expiration date.
~ Robyn Schneider
Imaginary prisoners are still prisoners.
~ Robyn Schneider
Accept the limitations of a place, in humility, and the joys that can also be found there may open themselves.
~ Rod Dreher