#possible

It's a lot easier to see, at least in some cases, what the long-term limits of the possible will be, because they depend on natural law. But it's much harder to see just what path we will follow in heading toward those limits. ↗

— K. Eric Drexler

#cases #depend #easier #follow #harder

The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#coincidence #possible #programmed #turn #worst

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others. ↗

— Amelia Earhart

#challenge #fail #failure #impossible #like

It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset. ↗

— Arthur Eddington

#because #deals #determinism #impossible #into

The Connection Machines owned by the United States government laboratories were made available to me because they were considered impossible to program and there was no great demand for them at that time. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#because #connection #considered #demand #government

Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such as employment. But beyond this, to as great an extent as possible, it should get the hell out of the way. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#business #employment #extent #field #get

Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy is when it works on this scale. Because it is psychologically very real. ↗

— Colin Firth

#almost #because #choices #comedy #errors

The United States is our most important ally. They helped us many times. Without the United States, the unification or German democratisation after the Nazi period would have been much more complicated, or almost impossible. ↗

— Joschka Fischer

#ally #almost #been #complicated #german

The concept of being a locavore, or one who chooses whenever possible to incorporate locally grown or locally produced food into one's nutrition plan, is of great importance. ↗

— Tyler Florence

#chooses #concept #food #great #grown

Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs possible. ↗

— Dario Fo

#comedy #existing #makes #possible #state