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Quotes About Possibility

There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
~ George Bernard Shaw
I hear you say 'Why?' Always 'Why?' You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?
~ George Bernard Shaw
There are those who look at things the way they are and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
~ George Bernard Shaw
Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.
~ George Bernard Shaw
Some men see things as they are, and say, why; I dream things as they never were, and say, why not.
~ George Bernard Shaw
Some men dream of things as they are and say; Why? I dream of things that never were and say; Why not?
~ George Bernard Shaw
Alguns homens vêem as coisas como são, e dizem 'Por quê?' Eu sonho com as coisas que nunca foram e digo 'Por que não ?
~ George Bernard Shaw
Dans la vie, il y a deux catégories d'individus : Ceux qui regardent le monde tel qu'il est et se demandent pourquoi. Ceux qui imaginent le monde tel qu'il devrait être et qui se disent : pourquoi pas ?
~ George Bernard Shaw
Ves cosas y dices, ¿por qué? Pero yo sueño cosas que nunca fueron y digo, ¿por qué no?.
~ George Bernard Shaw
Some people see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why not?
~ George Bernard Shaw
Some men see things as they are and say why—I dream things that never were and say why not.
~ George Bernard Shaw
You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?
~ George Bernard Shaw
Wealth is a power. With wealth many things are possible
~ George Clason
what is opportunity to a man who can't use it.
~ George Eliot
What we call the 'just possible' is sometimes true and the thing we find it easier to believe is grossly false.
~ George Eliot
Might, could, would—they are contemptible auxiliaries
~ George Eliot
I should see how it was possible to lead a grand life here—now—in England.
~ George Eliot
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
~ George Eliot
A character at unity with itself –that performs what it intends, subdues every counteracting impulse, and has no visions beyond the distinctly possible –is strong by its very negations.
~ George Eliot
It's never too late to be what you might have been.--
~ George Eliot
You do what you can--can't do much more than that.
~ George Harrison
There's only one chance in two billion that the elevator will get stuck," he would have focused on that one possibility. Remember, the brain is hardwired to search for danger and the negative in order to survive.
~ George Kohlrieser
I was born in 1960. When you are eight or nine years old and you look at the TV set, men are landing on the moon, anything's possible. And that's something we should not lose sight of Ã¢â'¬Â¦ the inspiration and the permission to dream is huge.
~ George Kohlrieser
That childhood passion and involvement and being really submerged in something, that's the kind of state I'm looking for all the time - and preserving that sense of magical possibility and wonder that children have. I think, for artists, if you can stay connected to that, then you are in a good place.
~ Max Richter