Quotes About Possibilities

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying

By mapping out possible futures, as well as a good many improbable ones, the science fiction writer does a great service to the community. He encourages in his readers flexibility of mind, readiness to accept and even welcome change—in one word, adaptability. Perhaps no attribute is more important in this age.

But what will not be forgotten, and what will and should continue to obsess our imaginations, is this revelation of the possibilities of the universe, this destruction of our ignorant self-complacency, and this demonstration of how narrow is the path of our material existence and what abysses may lie upon either side of it. Solemnity and humility are at the base of all our emotions to-day. May they be the foundations upon which a more earnest and reverent race may build a more worthy temple.

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything, it is open to everything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few.

Not that I know so much, but there are so many equally valid possibilities. For the present I do not believe that anyone is justified in saying that sexuality is the mother of all feelings.

Lo maravilloso del mundo reposa precisamente en esta multiplicidad de las posibilidades: lástima que sea un terreno tan poco sólido para conocernos a nosotros mismos.

The world's most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, said that once you have eliminated all the possibilities, whatever remains, however improbable, must be true.

A man cannot spin a character out of his own inner consciousness and make it really lifelike unless he has some possibilities of that character within him.

The rational part of my brain understands that everything is random. There are a million possibilities in the universe. Us meeting is just one of those possibilities, and just as meaningless. The thing is, though, I can't imagine a world that didn't bring us together. We were meant to be.

I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.

Life was what happened when all the what-if's didn't, when what you dreamed or hoped or – in this case – feared might come to pass passed by instead.

I think that when you live in a world with limits... when you've met everyone and seem everything you're going to see - you lose the hope that something extraordinary will happen in your life

I have a very, very good life. I'm grateful for all of my friends, my family and the life that I have, and the possibilities in my future.

Perhaps it's the people whose lives have taken sudden new twists - people who have learned to embrace the creative possibilities of change - who stand the best chance of penetrating life's mysteries.

Your life is made up of your dreams and your realities, your expectations and your possibilities.

Life every day is a room full of doors.

Life is full of great opportunities.

But when I was a teenager, the idea of spending the rest of my life in a factory was real depressing. So the idea that I could become a musician opened up some possibilities I didn't see otherwise.

Never underestimate the power of clever people to help others see the possibilities, to help them generate a feeling of faith, and to change behavior.

There are no dreams too large, no innovation unimaginable and no frontiers beyond our reach.

It's not a question of getting the opportunities, it's a question of noticing that opportunities are there.

The possibilities were too varied to allow reasonable planning.

Kurt Gödel's achievement in modern logic is singular and monumental – indeed it is more than a monument, it is a landmark which will remain visible far in space and time. ... The subject of logic has certainly completely changed its nature and possibilities with Gödel's achievement." —John von Neumann

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems.