Potential Quotes

Kids are finding out about the potential for discovery online from other sources; many of them have computers at home, for instance, or their friends have them.

When I teach and meet a class for the first time, you realize that there are people there that have exceptional abilities or have the potential to do exceptional things and you never know who those people are. My job is to provide the best information I can.

It does not make sense that we are allowing known potential weapons, not unlike those the 9-11 hijackers used to overcome the crews of four airplanes, to be taken aboard passenger aircraft.

I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential benefits and all the potential harms, in advance of the technology coming online and running its course.

I love the idea that biodiesel has the potential to support farmers, especially the family farms.

I think the potential for man is so enormous, if we can stay alive long enough, we're going to be seeing a lot of what Star Trek is projecting.

And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all that is human? Divine, in other words?

Most of the scientific community believes that for the full potential of embryonic stem cell research to be reached, the number of cell lines readily available to scientists must increase.

I'm a big believer in the notion that our greatest potential lies in our darkest parts. To a certain extent it's only in facing those parts of ourselves that we can truly grow, and I think that's true of all of the characters I've played, certainly in the past few years.

I've spent over 25 years in the television industry, the direct response industry. I met a lot of people and certainly learned the power of commercials and their brand building potential.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential.

The Staten Island Ferry remains a potential terrorist target.

Anytime a large, emergency spending bill makes its way through Congress, the potential for mischief is great.

All of my books have the potential to become movies, it's just a question of finding a studio who wants to get behind me and put up the money to make the movie.

Ambition is a drug that makes its addicts potential madmen.

Anybody who has stood on the prairie in North Dakota has felt the force of the wind and knows that our state has an inexhaustible supply of wind power. The potential here to create jobs and draw millions of dollars in new investment to North Dakota is enormous.

I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize.

Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.

We're going to break a story that there are people on the staff on the 9-11 Commission that didn't want the 9-11 Commissioners to know the details of Able Danger because of the potential to embarrass those commissioners.

For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them.

I can always grow a little bit, and try to do something different. So I'm always looking for what's out there - the potential.

I believe Business Objects is on the cusp of becoming a multi-billion-dollar sales company. There is tremendous growth potential for business intelligence.

Obviously, SNL has a lot of viewers, but the potential for a movie is through the roof.

The decision to go to war is the most important decision that I can make as a representative in Congress. As a veteran, I see any potential military action first through the eyes of the young men and women who volunteered to wear the uniform and would carry out such a mission.

Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential lunatics.

The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic potential was the first time prehistory had ever been used for such a purpose.

A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?

What you believe about God has the greatest potential for good or harm in your life.

Passion is what adds so much value to life. And if you think about the things that you do, there's so much juice potential for them if you do it.