Armistead Maupin Quotes

There are several paths one can take, but not every path is open to you.

More and more I'm aware that the permutations are not unlimited.

Life's all about choices. Everyone's destination is the same; only the paths are different.

I can DO ANYTHING I want, but I can't DO EVERYTHING I want.

Every choice is limited. That's life.

I think that too ended up affecting a lot of the different research questions that I later asked was really was about well to what extent... How do we balance choice as possibility and choice as limitations?

There is no such thing as no choice. There is always a choice. The only question is whether it's a bearable one.

It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.

What we call emancipation is always and of necessity simply the free choice of the soul between one set of limitations and another.

There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.

Limits are possibilities. ... Formal restrictions, contrary to what you might think, free you up by allowing you to concentrate on purer ideas. ... You can be crippled by too many choices, especially if you don't know what your goals are.

You can have anything in life you really want - but you can't have everything in life you really want. Decide.

Whatever limits us we call fate.

Choices are like connecting highways. They all take you to the same place. Some just take longer to get there.

The greatest shackles we bear in thislife are those forged by our own fears

You will find no answers here, just choices.

I really don't think there's a world in which you can do anything with anybody. Because we're in the world of the White House, I think there are certain things you can do, and larger things that can happen, but I don't think you can do anything.

There are no answers, only choices.

At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one.

Be advised that there is no parking in Europe.

Whenever I draw a circle, I immediately want to step out of it.

We are always confronted with choice.

Fences are made for those who cannot fly.

To have a choice at all is to be free - even when the choice is between two terrible things.

It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.