Limitations Quotes

The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.

You cannot save people. You can only love them.

The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.

Democracy is like a street car. You get off when you reach your destination.

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.

Manuals have their uses ... but they are not to be confused with living.

I can explain this to you, but I cannot comprehend it for you.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

Everybody's got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying inside the circle.

The power to tax is not the power to destroy.

You can't fix stupid. There's not a pill you can take, or a class you can go to.

War can protect; it cannot create.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

You may ask me for anything you like except time.

I believe in limitations. I think the worst art ever made - in my opinion, because it's all so subjective - is where the artist had complete freedom.

I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.

Being an indie queen, people think I have all these choices. Like I've just been sitting around waiting for the best indie film that I deem acceptable.

All advantages are attended with disadvantages.

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

There is only one thing about which I am certain, and that is that there is very little about which one can be certain.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.

We're all human; we all have weaknesses.

To be aware of limitations is already to be beyond them.