Quotes About Limitation

I have: the sea could be as readily contained in that horse-trough as her whole affection be monopolised by him.

You cannot fold a flood and put it in a drawer, because the winds would find it out and tell your cedar floor.

Susie, what shall I do - there is'nt room enough; not half enough, to hold what I was going to say. Wont you tell the man who makes sheets of paper, that I hav'nt the slightest respect for him!

Don't you know that No is the wildest word we consign to Language?

What I can do - I will - Though it be as little as a Daffodil - That I cannot - must be Unknown to possibility -

That's what you got for being a servant of no ambition: a shrunken life, hung up like a gibbet as a warning to others.

People can only do what they can do.

Our knowledge of life is limited to death

Probably is absolutely the best I can do.

Constance Lane tried to frown, but there wasn't enough slack skin across her brow.

When you desire something outside your sphere of power, you set yourself up for disappointment

Working within our sphere of control, we are naturally free, independent, and strong. Beyond that sphere, we are weak, limited, and dependent.

Too little of it is no better than too much

Demersul suprem al ratiunii este sa afle ca exista o infinitate de lucruri care o depasesc. Si e o ratiune slaba daca nu ajunge pana acolo.

Dénombrer l'infini, n'est-ce pas le refuser?

I have no husband, sir. Nor am I eager to acquire one. From my observation, husbands tend to limit a woman's adventures.

Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

I really can't lift weights because my back is injured from being an EMT.

After things started to happen here, my choice of material was extremely limited. It was a weird situation.

I certainly believe that what we perceive as humans is just the tip of the iceberg. I don't necessarily believe in vampires or werewolves or that kind of thing, but I believe there is definitely a realm we don't necessarily have access to.

I'm not sitting around saying, 'Man, I'd really love to direct a western.' That's just not something I'm probably going to do, mostly because I'm allergic to horses.

But I'm 185 pounds and 5'8'. I can't be a powerhouse, I can't be powerbombing people everywhere. That doesn't make sense.

I do not hesitate to say that the limitation on naval craft between the great naval powers was too high.