“It may indeed prove to be far the most difficult and not the least important task for human reason rationally to comprehend its own limitations. It is essential for the growth of reason that as individuals we should bow to forces and obey principles which we cannot hope fully to understand, yet on which the advance and even the preservation of civilization depend.” ShouldHumansMayImportantReasonIndividualForceDifficultGrowthPrinciplesDependsCivilizationProveEssentialsTasksLimitationBowsPreservationHuman Reason Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“The limitations imposed by democratic political practices makes it difficult to conduct our foreign affairs in the national interest.” PoliticalDifficultInterestPracticeDemocraticAffairLimitationNational InterestsForeign Affairs Book:Private thoughts on public affairs: a citizen looks at Congress, and a Democrat looks at his party Source: Private thoughts on public affairs: a citizen looks at Congress, and a Democrat looks at his party
“I write because, exacting as it may be to do so, it is still more difficult to refrain, and because - however conscious of one's limitations one may be - there is always at the back of one's mind an irrational hope that this next book will be different: it will be the rounded achievement, the complete fulfilment. It never has been: yet I am still writing.” WritingMindMayHas BeensStillsBookDifferentNextDifficultAchievementConsciousLimitationIrrationalRefrainFulfilment Author:Iris Origo
“Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours. Do you think, if you say the word "impossible" enough times, that difficult things will suddenly become easier for you?” IfsThinkingEnoughDifficultImpossibleEasierArguingLimitationDifficult ThingsEnough Time Author:Richard Bach
“We may exist in all universes, but 'hear' only one because of our limitations, the valve of our desires, our practical, physical needs. All is vibration, with nothing vibrating across no distance whatsoever. All is music. A universe, a world, is just one long difficult song. The difference between worlds is the difference between songs.” WorldNeedsMayLongDesireSongUniverseDifficultDifferencesDistancePracticalsLimitationJust OneVibrationsValve Author:Greg Bear
“Humans are incapable of securely storing high-quality cryptographic keys, and they have unacceptable speed and accuracy when performing cryptographic operations. (They are also large, expensive to maintain, difficult to manage, and they pollute the environment. It is astonishing that these devices continue to be manufactured and deployed. But they are sufficiently pervasive that we must design our protocols around their limitations.)” HumansDifficultQualityEnvironmentDesignKeysInternetSpeedManageLimitationOperationsPerformingExpensiveDevicesFree SpeechIncapableAstonishingAccuracyHigh QualityProtocol Author:Charlie Kaufman
“The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people.” PeopleLongFacesDifficultChallengesMy OwnPowerfulJourneyHumilityCapacityProfoundLimitationLimitless Author:Barack Obama
“I kind of enjoy the limits. If you've got no limits, you can do absolutely anything, it's very difficult, actually. I always enjoyed working with machines like color photocopiers and letter-pressing type settings, things where the limits are very apparent. You push the machine to do something, and it tries to do its best, and it usually has wonderful qualities all of its own. Then you get a sort of dialogue going, and the limitations become qualities.” IfsTryingKindEnjoyDifficultCan DoQualityWonderfulColorTypeLimitsLettersMachinesSettingDialogueSettingsEnjoyedLimitation Author:Dave McKean