#limitations

I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#case #certain #comes #concentrating #difficulty

The Congresswoman was depressed by the fact that a woman of her standing could no longer count on making it to the rest room "in time" during the extensive rehabilitation that followed her shooting. Her husband, commander of a space shuttle crew, encouraged her by identifying with her limitation. Even revered astronauts, he revealed, have bodily limits and have to rely on Huggies during extended launch exercises. ↗

— Gabrielle Giffords

#frailty #limitations #pride #weakness #courage

Her cuisine is limited but she has as good an idea of breakfast as a Scotchwoman." [Sherlock Holmes, on Mrs. Hudson's cooking.] ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#cooking #cuisine #food #limitations #scotch

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision. ↗

— V.S. Naipaul

#free-will #freedom #lack-of-vision #limitations #peer-pressure

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." [What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck, Saturday Evening Post, 26 October 1929 (p. 17)] ↗

— Albert Einstein

#inspiration #knowledge #limitations #imagination

There's a consistency in my work that pops up independent of the limitations of the technology. ↗

— Douglas Trumbull

#independent #limitations #pops #technology #up

There is no way for the American economic system to function without advertising. There is no other way to communicate enough information about enough products to enough people with enough speed. ↗

— John O'Toole

#advertising #american #american public #believe #between

When executing advertising, it's best to think of yourself as an uninvited guest in the living room of a prospect who has the magical power to make you disappear instantly. ↗

— John O'Toole

#advertising #american #american public #believe #between

Yes, I sell people things they don't need. I can't, however, sell them something they don't want. Even with advertising. Even if I were of a mind to. ↗

— John O'Toole

#advertising #american #american public #believe #between

When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself. ↗

— Peter O'Toole

#advertising #american #american public #believe #between