Possibility Quotes - Page 16

• In corporation [corporate] religions as in others, the heretic must be cast out not because of the probability that he is wrong but because of the possibility that he is right.

  Antony Jay

  Corporations, Casts, Probability

  Antony Jay (1994). “Management and Machiavelli: discovering a new science of management in the timeless principles of statecraft”, Jossey-Bass

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• Positive questions bring out the best in people, inspire positive action, and create possibilities for positive futures.

  Diana Whitney

  Leadership, People, Inspire

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• It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Progress, Foolish, Contemplating

  John Maynard Keynes, Royal Economic Society (Great Britain) (1972). “The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes: Essays in persuasion”

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• One of the best safeguards of our hopes, I have suggested, is to be able to mark off the areas of hopelessness and to acknowledge them, to face them directly, not with despair but with the creative intent of keeping them from polluting all the areas of possibility.

  William F. Lynch

  Creative, Hopeful, Despair

  William F. Lynch (1974). “Images of Hope: Imagination as Healer of the Hopeless”

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• Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Inspirational, Yoga, Positive Thinking

  Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1974). “Self-realization”

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• If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.

  Ralph Marston

  Unexpected, Fulfillment, Circumstances

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• The panorama-city is a 'theoretical' (that is, visual) simulacrum, in short a picture, whose condition of possibility is an oblivion and a misunderstanding of practices.

  Michel de Certeau

  Practice, Cities, Oblivion

  Michel de Certeau (2011). “The Practice of Everyday Life”, p.93, Univ of California Press

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• A place (lieu) is the order (of whatever kind) in accord with which elements are distributed in relationships of coexistence. It thus excludes the possibility of two thing being in the same location (place). The law of the 'proper' rules in the place: the elements taken into consideration are beside one another, each situated in its own 'proper' and distinct location, a location it defines. A place is thus an instantaneous configuration of positions. It implies an indication of stability.

  Michel de Certeau

  Taken, Order, Law

  Michel de Certeau (2011). “The Practice of Everyday Life”, p.117, Univ of California Press

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• While the expressive possibilities of Neoplasticism are limited to two dimensions (the plane), Elementarism realizes the possibility of plasticism in four dimensions, in the field of time-space.

  Theo van Doesburg

  Two, Space, Four

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• We, the American people, clearly see the daunting forces we will undoubtedly face: terrorists, crime, drug gangs, the possibility of Euro-style debt riots, civil unrest or natural disaster.

  Wayne LaPierre

  People, Drug, Style

  "Stand and Fight" by Wayne LaPierre, dailycaller.com. February 13, 2013.

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• Every man, woman and child holds the possibility of physical perfection; it rests with each of us to attain it by personal understanding and effort.

  F. Matthias Alexander

  Children, Men, Perfection

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• Doing any job for too long limits your possibilities.

  Michael Zaslow

  Jobs, Long, Limits

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• If you love your life, you have to fight. If you believe in life and progress and possibilities, you have no choice.

  Michael Zaslow

  Life, Love You, Believe

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• Today I set my mind and heart on a new path. I focus my energy on love, appreciation, and my highest possibilities.

  Alan Cohen

  Appreciation, Heart, Focus

  Cohen, Alan “Handle With Prayer”, Hay House, Inc

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• People at the top are closing ranks so tightly that all possibility of subjective deviation has gone, and difference can be sought only in the more distinguished cut of an evening dress.

  Theodor Adorno

  Cutting, Differences, People

  Theodor W. Adorno, Rolf Tiedemann (2003). “Can One Live After Auschwitz?: A Philosophical Reader”, p.77, Stanford University Press

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• The mere existence of atomic weapons implies the possibility of their use.

  Georgy Zhukov

  Use, Weapons, Existence

  "The arms race: a programme for world disarmament" by Philip John Noel-Baker, (p. 297), 1960.

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• I have been, all my life, what is known as a conservationist. It seems clear beyond possibility of argument that any given generation of men can have only a lease, not ownership, of the earth; and one essential term of the lease is that the earth be handed down on to the next generation with unimpaired potentialities. This is the conservationist's concern.

  Roderick Haig-Brown

  Men, Essentials, Generations

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• The Possibilities in racing tactics are almost unlimited, as in a game of chess, for every move there is a counter, for every attack there is a defense.... The runner's greatest asset, apart from essential fitness of body, is a cool and calculating brain allied to confidence and courage. Above all, he must have a will to win.

  Franz Stampfl

  Moving, Winning, Games

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• The last thing I’d ever subscribe to are fashion rules. However, I do think that you should put effort into what you wear. Clothing is ultimately the suit of armor in which we battle the world. When you choose your clothing right, it feels good. And there’s nothing shallow about feeling good. Owning your style, however, is much more about your attitude than it is about what’s on your back. But don’t underestimate the transformational possibilities that getting dressed can afford you.

  Sophia Amoruso

  Fashion, Attitude, Thinking

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• When your goal is to gain experience, perspective, and knowledge, failure is no longer a possibility

  Sophia Amoruso

  Goal, Perspective, Gains

  Sophia Amoruso (2014). “#GIRLBOSS”, p.100, Penguin

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• The first step on the path to positive change is acknowledgement that change is necessary and possible. Open yourself to the possibility of seeing the world in a new way. What do you have to lose?

  Alex Blackwell

  World, Way, Path

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• Abroad, they have covered pretty much all subjects, explored every possibility, every twist. So similarities between ideas you have and those filmed abroad are quite possible.

  Ajay Devgan

  Ideas, Twists, Similarity

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• The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.

  Timothy Radcliffe

  Confidence, Holocaust, Stories

  Timothy Radcliffe (2005). “Seven Last Words”, p.91, A&C Black

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• Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory? Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty.

  Jean Shepherd

  Memories, Thinking, Years

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• Museums have no political power, but they do have the possibility of influencing the political process. This is a complete change from their role in the early days of collecting and hoarding the world to one of using the collections as an archive for a changing world. This role is not merely scientifically important, but it is also a cultural necessity.

  Richard Fortey

  Museums, Political, Important

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