Possible Quotes

Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn't exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same again. As soon as you have an idea that changes some small part of the world you are writing science fiction. It is always the art of the possible, never the impossible.

The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.

Entertainment today constantly emphasises the message that things are wonderful the way they are. But there is another kind of cinema, which says that change is possible and necessary and it's up to you.

In Harvest of Stars, there is this notion, not original with me of course, that it will become possible to download at least the basic aspects of a human personality into a machine program.

It is possible to be different and still be all right. There can be two - or more - answers to the same question, and all can be right.

I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything.

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.

There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die ten deaths, if that be possible.

Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they invented when they got tired of all the others.

Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president.

When I'm not working I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible.

It's interesting to feel the pressure of having to be outgoing, because I think in general, as a human being, I'm pessimistic and introverted. But, it's cool, because it's a whole different side of me, and I impress myself. Even at times when I think that there's no possible way that I can be engaging, I'll suddenly pull it out and impress myself.

I also try to eat as much raw food and clean food as possible.

To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.

I do everything I think possible or acceptable to escape from this trap.

A political theory seeks to find from history the limits of the politically possible.

I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.

Well, obviously I wanted it to sound as original as possible. I suppose the influences that we had were probably from the actual power point of view we wanted to be like the Who. Vocally we wanted to be like the Beach Boys, whatever was good at the time.

Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes.

Increased and better screening for explosives is necessary - and Congress should fund it and TSA should implement it as quickly as possible - however that screening doesn't reduce the risk posed by a trained terrorist with an unconventional weapon.

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.

The public should always be notified as soon as possible in the event of a leak or other emergency at a nuclear facility.

But it is possible that, in the days ahead, these years we have lived through may eventually be thought of simply as a period of disturbance and regression.

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.

I have never written anything in one draft, not even a grocery list, although I have heard from friends that this is actually possible.

Hopefully it will be possible to get all our other albums in American shops one day so if people are interested they can hear it but I'm hoping that people are going to be interested in what we are going to do, not just what we've done.

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.

The biological task of science is to provide the fully developed human individual with as perfect a means of orientating himself as possible. No other scientific ideal can be realised, and any other must be meaningless.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.