“I believe this thought, of the possibility of death - if calmly realised, and steadily faced would be one of the best possible tests as to our going to any scene of amusement being right or wrong. If the thought of sudden death acquires, for you, a special horror when imagined as happening in a theatre, then be very sure the theatre is harmful for you, however harmless it may be for others; and that you are incurring a deadly peril in going.” IfsBelieveMayWould BeI BelieveSpecialPossibilityHorrorSceneHappeningsTestsTheatreAcquireAmusementPerilRealisedSudden DeathIncurring Book:Sylvie and Bruno Source: Sylvie and Bruno
“I love stories where the impossible appears believable, plausible and real. Maybe it's silly, but it's one of the reasons Michael Crichton's writing always appealed to me: he took outlandish ideas and made them seem completely within the realm of possibility. I remember reading "Jurassic Park" and feeling like: "Oh, yeah - no, that's totally happening right now. They're bringing back dinosaurs!"” WritingMadeIdeasRealReasonStoriesFeelingsSeemsRememberReadingImpossiblePossibilityRight NowHappeningsYeahSillyLove StoryRealmsParksDinosaursPlausibleBelievableOutlandishJurassic ParkRealm Of Possibility Author:J. J. Abrams
“As for me, I am unfortunate enough not to posses a happy temperament like Najdorf, who views every happening in a rosy light and avoids any possibility of self-criticism. I am one of those unlucky skeptics who never overlook the dark side of even the happiest experience.” SelfEnoughLightSidesDarkViewsPossibilityHappeningsCriticismUnfortunateTemperamentSkepticDark SideUnluckyRosySelf CriticismPosse Author:Savielly Tartakower
“What happened was that for every $100 of money, by which I mean the cash that people keep in their pockets, and the deposits they have in the bank, for every $100 of money that there was in 1929, by 1933 there was only $67. The Federal Reserve allowed the quantity of money to decline by a third. While, at all times, it had the possibilities and the power of preventing that from happening.” PeopleMeanHappenedPossibilityHappeningsThirdsAll TimePocketsCashQuantityDeclineReservesPreventingFederal ReserveDeposits Author:Milton Friedman
“Outsider means "I will accept the possibility that I don't have responsibility for what is happening inside my domain."” MeanResponsibilityAcceptingPossibilityHappeningsOutsidersDomain Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“The walk is like a matrix, like a diffuse, vague happening. It's like - imagine a play, a work of theatre, that is totally vague, almost devoid of details that consists in one person going on a walk. And as a consequence, there is a necessary tension between the determinacy and indeterminacy, the definite and the indefinite, of possibility.” PersonsPlayWalksImaginePossibilityHappeningsConsequenceDetailsTheatreTensionDefiniteVague Author:Sergio Chejfec
“I think dreams hold a lot of meaning. I believe that if the universe is truthfully infinite then there are infinite possibilities for dreams to be happening somewhere out there.” IfsThinkingBelieveDreamUniverseI BelievePossibilityHappeningsInfiniteInfinite PossibilitiesSomewhere Out There Author:Tom DeLonge
“It's possible that the clowning and the buffoonery and the entertainment are a bigger part of what's happening than we've allowed. And that Trump is primarily an entertainer who wants ratings, and an undisciplined speaker, and it will all be less than we think. It's something that we have to consider as a possibility; we don't know.” ThinkingKnowsWantPossibilityTrumpHappeningsBiggerEntertainmentSpeakersEntertainersRatingUndisciplinedClowning Author:Jonathan Chait
“What is happening is policy in Israel is being driven by the settlers who don't support a two-state solution, who want their settlements to prevent the possibility of two states. They openly say that.” WantTwoStatesSupportPolicyPossibilitySolutionsHappeningsIsraelDrivenSettlementSettlers Author:John F. Kerry
“I think Donald Trump is not going to be impeached [in a ] month. Let's not close out possibilities.I do think that what's happening is great and that people are active and people are just involved in the democratic process.” PeopleThinkingProcessPossibilityMonthsTrumpInvolvedHappeningsDemocraticActiveDemocratic Process Author:Mark Shields
“I think change is happening in ways we can't anticipate yet because the whole generation of viewers who are viewing films - film may not be the appropriate word in years to come. I'm excited about the possibility of new types of storytelling; that to me is less daunting. I'm excited by how we'll evolve with those formats thematically, tonally and in narrative.” ThinkingWayYearsMayWholeFilmGenerationsPossibilityTypeHappeningsExcitedStorytellingEvolveNarrativeAppropriateViewersAnticipateFormat Author:Simon Kinberg
“The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time... and you can't see it if you refuse to face the possibility.” IfsWayRealityFacesPossibilityHappeningsRefuseBest WayForesightAhead Of Time Author:William S. Burroughs
“You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.” KnowsNeedsHeartMomentsFaithChallengesCouragePossibilityHappeningsEmbraceMoving OnPresent MomentHope And Faith Book:Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander Source: Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander