Potential Quotes

This is a universal, unique movie, it has potential to cross barriers. But we never thought about that on set, when we were doing the film. We knew that in making a silent movie, we were doing something a little bit under the wire, a bit interdit. It's a pastiche, but for the French taste, you would have thought.

Without economic development, any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable.

There is no reason why, with the huge potential for market out there in the world for fuel-efficient vehicles, we can't be the cutting edge for change.

The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments.

Art must unquestionably have a social value; that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible terms, to the understanding of mankind.

What is their potential for evil; what is their potential for wickedness? That's the only time that those characters become interesting to watch.

One of the essential elements of government responsibility is to communicate effectively to the American people, especially in time of a potential terrorist attack or a natural disaster.

Yet our small business owners across the country are unfairly losing potential interest income on a daily basis until the Business Checking Freedom Act becomes law.

Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.

Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential.

I think he is an extremely accessible character. In Data there is no potential for cruelty.

Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances.

The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing.

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

I am putting pressure on myself to do my best and perform to my potential.

As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances.

The federal government has a responsibility to protect all Americans from potential terrorist attack.

For me, the risks in terms of opening that brewpub were fairly high. I put my house up as collateral, I invested the liquid money I had and two years of my time to get it over, but that's really not much of a risk for what the potential reward was if it worked.

I've never been a part of a film before that offers such a platform into real issues, that raises social awareness and has the potential to change things.

God's angels often protect his servants from potential enemies.

The only way to ensure that our promise to provide every opportunity for students with disabilities, and help them achieve their full potential, is to give our schools the dollars they need.

The first thing I feel like we have the potential to do is to deliver to consumers more roots to their home.

They view massive immigration as a massive infusion of potential voters for the Democratic Party, and therefore will do nothing, absolutely nothing to stop that flow of legal or illegal entrance into the country.

Mr. Speaker, the scientific evidence is overwhelming that embryonic stem cells have great potential to regenerate specific types of human tissues, offering hope for millions of Americans suffering from debilitating diseases.

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

Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different.

What should exist? To me, that's the most exciting question imaginable. What do we need that we don't have? How can we realize our potential?

Illegal immigration is crisis for our country. It is an open door for drugs, criminals, and potential terrorists to enter our country. It is straining our economy, adding costs to our judicial, healthcare, and education systems.

The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.

An entrepreneur must pitch a potential investor for what the company is worth as well as sell the dream on how much of a profit can be made.