Quotes About Possibility

I know that the sun exists because I can see it; I believe that the earth goes around it because logical calculation concludes that, and it is not contradicted by what I can see. I know that unicorns exist because such a creature is possible in nature and reliable people have seen one, even though I have not myself

Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.

That's no way to treat adventures. Never say no to adventures. Always say yes. Otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.

When anything can happen, everything matters.

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

He never believed in fate or providence, or the future being made by someone in the sky. Instead, at every instant, a trillion trillion possible futures; the pickiness of pure chance and physical laws seemed like freedom from the scheming of a gloomy god.

The present is the frailest of improbable constructs. It could have been different. Any part of it, or all of it, could be otherwise.

The possibility that Julie and I were responsible for the disintegration filled me with horror and delight.

We have to stop anyway. I don't want you to regret this later. And I don't want your head to explode." "Really? You're so good that my head would explode?" It took him a moment. His expression changed from intense to speculative. "It's a possibility. I'm not a doctor, but Doolittle says it could happen." "That's a lot of expectation to live up to." "I exceed expectations." So modest, too.

We have to stop anyway. I don't want you to regret this later. And I don't want your head to explode. Really? You're so good that my head would explode? It took him a moment. His expression changed from intense to speculative. It's a possibility. I'm not a doctor, but Doolittle says it could happen. That's a lot of expectation to live up to. I exceed expectations. So modest, too.

What I try to tell young people is that if you come together with a mission, and its grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.

Lets tell young people the best books are yet to written; the best painting, the best government the best of everything is yet to be done by them.

Like many young people, I believe I have potential to make a positive impact in the world.

I don't want young people to think they can't make a difference because they don't have money.

It's important to me to try and expose young people to the things they believe are off-limits to them. I tell them, 'There are no walls, only the ones we put up.' My advice to young people looking at my life is not to follow my footprint but to go out there and make their own.

A lot of young people have all these aspirations but many of them don't believe they're possible.

Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.

Do I believe it's possible that some young person, young voting actor, or even older voting member for the Emmys, would sit there and go, 'Yeah, that's a great performance, but oooooh, I just hate everything he stands for?' I don't believe that's possible.

I love princesses. And I think Cinderella is very strong. She's a young woman thinking outside of her environment, outside of her current situation, and she is choosing to believe that all is possible for her. And I think that is so admirable.

I have to say, as a young woman of color, and this may sound controversial, in sci-fi, anything is possible. In sci-fi I can belong to the military. In sci-fi I can have an interracial love affair; I can be a revolutionary.

I would love to see young writers come out of college and know there is a possibility to be a novelist.

Professional athletes have an enormous opportunity to be a source of inspiration for the younger generation, lead by example, and prove to them that as long as you stand up for what you believe in, everything is possible.

I'm showing the younger generation your career doesn't have to be over when you're 16-years-old.

I've always thought that jazz needs to be heard by a wider audience in Puerto Rico. I want to put together a series of free concerts in the small towns - one with Miles Davis music, another with bebop, maybe Duke Ellington. I want younger people to see what is possible.