“That is the way successful countries, and Canada has been one of the most successful countries over the past quarter century, they operate. That when you win, you win within limits, when you lose, you accept the outcome.” WayHas BeensCountryPastWinningLosesAcceptingSuccessfulCenturyLimitsOutcomesCanadaQuartersOver The Past Author:David Frum
“[United States] are sovereign country, they are an independent country, but this is their limit; they don't have to interfere in any other country. Because of this interference for the last fifty years, that's why they are very good only in creating problems, not in solving problems. That's the problem with the American role.” YearsCountryStatesProblemLastsUnitedRolesUnited StatesLimitsCreatingIndependentVery GoodFiftyOther CountriesProblem SolvingInterfereSovereignInterferenceIndependent Country Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Under our system of three branches of government, the courts ultimately are the checks on the legislative and executive branches when they exceed or even abuse the limits of their power.” GovernmentThreeLimitsAbuseCourtChecksBranchesExecutivesExceedExecutive BranchBranches Of GovernmentThree Branches Of Government Author:Nina Totenberg
“An oral society develops both sides of your brain, and the utilization of your brain is more complete than in a linear education module. The written word limits your brain capability by immediately focusing on one area. You don't have any peripheral vision. It immediately divorces you from the environment.” SidesBrainVisionEnvironmentWrittenLimitsAreasDivorceCapabilityBoth SidesLinearWritten WordUtilizationPeripheral Vision Author:Russell Means
“Of course, in order to build something new, one has to economize, accumulate means, temporarily limit one's requirements, borrow from others. If you want to build a new house, you save money temporarily and limit your requirements, otherwise you might not build your house.” IfsWantMeanMightOrderCoursesHouseLimitsSomething NewRequirementsSaving Money Author:Joseph Stalin
“It was necessary, temporarily, to limit certain requirements, accumulate necessary means, strain forces. We acted precisely in this way and built a socialist society.” WayMeanCertainForceLimitsBuiltSocialistRequirementsStrain Author:Joseph Stalin
“We want to limit the exploitation of the fiscal capacity of the richer regions by keeping down the rate of immigration to a level that would be meaningful and efficient. One way to do that is to have a scheme of equalization which essential bribes people to stay in the poorer regions.” PeopleWayWantWould BeLevelsLimitsEssentialsCapacityRateMeaningfulImmigrationOne WayRegionsEfficientSchemesExploitationBribe Author:James M. Buchanan
“There are some - called 'death fatigue' - people who just grow so tired of death, so they don't want to keep perpetuating death and creating more victims and more anger and more pain. They want to heal from that, and I think that's exactly what God wants to do. And, interestingly enough, that's part of what God's original law was doing with the 'eye for an eye' thing. It was actually to limit the patterns of retaliation and then to begin to heal from that.” PeopleThinkingWantEnoughEyePainLawGrowsLimitsCreatingOriginalsVictimTiredPatternsHealFatigueRetaliationPerpetuatingEye For An Eye Author:Shane Claiborne
“Law has at least two roles: one is to define and regulate the limits of acceptable behavior. The other is to teach principles for individuals to make individual choices.” TwoLawChoicesIndividualPrinciplesRolesTeachLimitsBehaviorAcceptableIndividual Choice Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“After I had known [Barack Obama] for a while, I remember saying to my partner, "You know, this guy is really ambitious, I think he wants to be Mayor of Chicago." That was the limit of my imagination.” ThinkingKnowsWantRememberGuyImaginationKnownLimitsPartnersBarackChicagoAmbitiousThis GuyMy ImaginationMayors Author:Bill Ayers
“John Stuart Mill believed that the only acceptable reason for government to limit a person's liberty was to prevent him from causing unacceptable harm to others. Mill was not a libertarian, but many libertarians are quick to cite this principle when arguing against a regulation that they oppose. And I believe most thoughtful libertarians are prepared to embrace something fairly close to Mill's harm principle. But accepting that principle implies accepting many of the institutions of the modern welfare state that libertarians have vigorously opposed in the past, such as safety regulation.” BelievePersonsStatesReasonGovernmentPastI BelieveLibertyAcceptingPrinciplesModernLimitsSafetyInstitutionsEmbracePreparedHarmLibertarianArguingWelfareThoughtfulAcceptableRegulationMillsWelfare StateCiting Author:Robert H. Frank
“The people that choose to face life, the people that choose to embrace it, the people that choose to just soak it up, the people that choose to dive right in and test their limits and find out what they're capable of and how good they can be and if that's really what they want to do, victims are gonna hate them because they are showing what anybody could do if they just had an attitude adjustment.” PeopleIfsWantFacesHateAttitudeLimitsCapableTestsVictimEmbraceAdjustmentAttitude Adjustment Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If someone tries to put limits on the press, I'll be the first one standing up for the right of press, left and right, to continue saying and being part of the discussion and forwarding the discussion.” IfsTryingFirstsLeftLimitsStandingPressesDiscussionLeft And Right Author:Rand Paul
“I've always been very aware of my own humanity. The limits of my humanity.” HumanityMy OwnLimits Author:Danny Pudi
“If top marginal income tax rates are set too high, they discourage productive economic activity. In the limit, a top marginal income tax rate of 100 percent would mean that taxpayers would gain nothing from working harder or investing more. In contrast, a higher top marginal rate on consumption would actually encourage savings and investment. A top marginal consumption tax rate of 100 percent would simply mean that if a wealthy family spent an extra dollar, it would also owe an additional dollar of tax.” IfsMeanEconomicHigherActivityLimitsTaxesPercentGainsHarderDollarsInvestmentRateInvestingIncomeSavingExtrasProductiveWealthyContrastConsumptionTaxpayersSavingsDiscouragingIncome TaxSavings And Investment Author:Robert H. Frank
“I don't think it's people's utterances that limit the writing. It's the activity itself. It's actually pretty hard to convey to someone who's not a surfer. The sensation is the thing. And it's tough to describe without resorting to clichés or mystical nonsense.” PeopleThinkingWritingHardActivityLimitsToughNonsenseSensationsMysticalUtteranceSurfer Author:Tim Winton
“The terrorists are going to believe the worst about America. They think we spy on everything. They think we kill everyone. They think - they don't believe that we believe in democracy, right? They don't believe we have limits on our government.” ThinkingBelieveGovernmentAmericaDemocracyWorstLimitsDon't BelieveTerroristSpy Author:Robert Scheer
“I've never met any strong critic of the United States anywhere in the world who gave us any credit for having limit on government.” WorldStatesGovernmentStrongUnitedUnited StatesMetsLimitsCriticsCredit Author:Robert Scheer
“Anything human can be felt through music, which means that there is no limit to the creating that can be done with music. You can take the same phrase from any song and cut it up so many different ways - it's infinite. It's like God... you know?” KnowsWayHumansMeanDifferentDoneSongFeltCuttingLimitsCreatingInfiniteDifferent WaysPhrases Author:Nina Simone
“I'm always trying to challenge everyone to raise the game on the artistic level. We are supposed to be the best. Make sure we don't get complacent or comfortable, and always trying to push the limit on trying to write great songs. At the end of the day it's why we do what we do.” WritingTryingEndsSongGamesChallengesLevelsLimitsComfortableRaisesArtisticSupposed To BeBeing The BestThe End Of The DayAlways TryingComplacentWhy We Do What We Do Author:Michael W. Smith
“A lot of what I'm having to do to get myself weaned from football is really limit what media I allow myself to consume. And it's a big drag. But it's also the only way to kick the habit.” WayBigsMediaFootballHabitLimitsKicksDrag Author:Steve Almond
“The Senate, compared to the House, is where things are supposed to slow down, by design, Founding Father design. The Founding Fathers were hell-bent to stop government action. The Constitution limited government. And that's why people like Obama and Democrats call it a charter of negative liberties because it limits government. It's an anti-government, pro-citizen document. And the founders wanted to make it hard.” PeopleHardGovernmentActionWantedFatherHouseLibertyHellDesignCitizensLimitsNegativeConstitutionDemocratSenateFoundersDocumentsBentFoundingSlow DownLimited GovernmentCharterAnti Government Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If we stepped away from so much of the victimhood talk, I think that would make a big change for the better. It does limit art. The conversation wouldn't just be one-sided.” IfsThinkingDoeArtBigsConversationLimitsChange For The BetterVictimhoodOne SidedBig Changes Author:Nelly Furtado
“We should be very skeptical of people who want to place limits on how we express ourselves.” PeopleWantShouldLimitsSkeptical Author:Mohsin Hamid
“I think that there are many things in the New Testament that show us that the godliness of our conversation plays an important evangelistic role. The apostles are clear that we mustn't limit the explicit sharing of the gospel to formal preaching. It can also happen in ordinary conversations.” ThinkingImportantPlayShowsHappensRolesClearConversationLimitsOrdinaryPreachingFormalTestamentNew TestamentApostlesGodlinessExplicit Author:Mark Dever
“I've always believed in the saying that "there is no limit to what you can accomplish if you don't care who gets the credit."” IfsCareLimitsDon't CareCreditAccomplishAlways Believe Author:Charles Koch
“I'm drawn to making movies about contemporary life. The reason I choose institutions is because they provide a limit, a boundary.” ReasonLimitsInstitutionsBoundariesContemporaryContemporary Life Author:Frederick Wiseman
“The First Amendment to the Constitution says government can't establish a religion, but neither can it limit the exercise of religion. And that's the issue here. What does it mean to be free to exercise your religion? It's not about what you can believe. It's whether you can act on those beliefs.” FirstsBelieveMeanDoeGovernmentBeliefIssuesExerciseLimitsConstitutionAmendmentsFirst Amendment Author:Tom Gjelten
“When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.” NeedsDoeImaginationPaintingLimitsCreatingIdealsPaintManifestation Book:The Morality of Woman: And Other Essays Source: The Morality of Woman: And Other Essays
“A lot of the experiences I write about could be described as grasping for boundaries, trying to find the limits of things.” WritingTryingLimitsBoundariesGrasping Author:Melissa Febos
“You think you have the amount of money that is your credit limit. We're just wired to think that, you know? Until the bill arrives - a sobering moment - you think you're richer than you are.” ThinkingKnowsMomentsAmountLimitsBillsCredit Author:Margaret Atwood
“For the rest of your life you must check the box on employment applications asking the dreaded question: "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" And once you check that box, the odds are sky high that your application is going straight to the trash. Hundreds of professional licenses are off-limits to people convicted of felonies.” PeopleSkyLimitsAskingBoxesChecksEmploymentApplicationOddsLicenseTrashRest Of Your LifeFelonyLicensesSky High Author:Michelle Alexander
“What are people released from prison expected to do? How are they expected to survive? Can't get a job, locked out of housing, and even food stamps may be off limits. Well, apparently what we expect them to do is to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars in fees, fines, court costs, and back child support (which continues to accrue while you are in prison).” PeopleWellsMayChildrenJobsPaySupportFineCostLimitsCourtDollarsPrisonExpectedLockedStampsHousingFeesFood Stamps Author:Michelle Alexander
“The idea of having no limits, either through education or money or possessions or power, is radically alien to everything the Bible assumes and says.” IdeasLimitsAssumingPossessionAliens Author:Roger E. Olson
“Only God has no limits (except those he voluntarily imposes on himself). The mantra "no limits" is actually a call to idolatry.” LimitsIdolatryMantras Author:Roger E. Olson
“Takeoff isn't scary at all - just the landing. Once you're in the air, you feel that sense of freedom of no limits.” FeelsAirLimitsScaryLandingTakeoff Author:Jessica Cox
“My contention is that it is impossible to limit Truth, for that would mean that you were stepping down the Truth to the individual, who is limited. It would be useless to lay down a crystallized method for everyone to follow.” MeanWould BeIndividualImpossibleLimitsMethodLaysUselessContention Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“When I said that I am the Buddha, the Christ, the Lord Maitreya, and more, it was not a question of superiority or inferiority. I added that phrase 'and more' very carefully, because I knew that people had a very limited understanding of the Buddha and the Christ, and hence if I said: 'I am the Christ, the Buddha', they would limit that Reality to their own conceptions of the Buddha or the Christ, and Life has no limit.” PeopleIfsSaidRealityUnderstandingChristLordLimitsPhrasesConceptionSuperiorityInferiority Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“I've been on antidepressants for years, and it worked to stop my anxiety and didn't limit creativity. Some of the best work I've done, in fact, is after I started taking the antidepressants.” YearsDoneFactsCreativityLimitsAnxietyBest WorkAntidepressants Author:Temple Grandin
“I was not interested at all in Formula One when I left; I was very busy with my airline. But slowly I started missing the adrenaline rush and the driving of such fantastic cars at the limit. In reality this urge never disappears when you're a top driver, because I think we're a different breed of people, we need to take chances, we need to push ourselves to the limit all the time, that sort of thing. It stays with you, although you can kill it by losing motivation or other things in your life, but it never leaves you forever.” PeopleThinkingNeedsDifferentRealityMotivationLeftChanceForeverCarMissingLimitsLosingBusyDisappearDrivingFantasticUrgesDriversFormulasNot InterestedTake A ChanceAirlineAdrenalineFormula OneAdrenaline Rush Author:Niki Lauda
“It was the same with Schumacher: the need for the adrenaline rush, to push himself to the limit was always there. So without a Formula One car to race with he went on to do motorcycle racing and other stupid things, and obviously that wasn't enough to keep him happy, so he had a problem to sort out and returning to racing was his answer to the problem.” NeedsEnoughProblemAnswersRaceCarStupidLimitsFormulasRacingMotorcycleAdrenalineStupid ThingsFormula OneAdrenaline RushSchumacher Author:Niki Lauda
“If you are a straightforward racing driver you should always see your limits. You have to be objective and not come up with any bullshit.” IfsShouldLimitsCome UpObjectivesDriversRacingBullshitStraightforwardRacing Driver Author:Niki Lauda
“The ability to fail quietly without having that failure associated with your name/identity allows for more experimentation and limit pushing.” NamesAbilityFailingIdentityLimitsPushingExperimentation Author:Christopher Poole
“The idea of self-determination was gradually given credibility by international law, and it lent strong emancipatory support to movements of liberation struggling against a West-centric world order. Latin American countries used international law creatively, both to limit the protection of foreign investment by establishing the primacy of national sovereignty in relation to natural resources, and by building support for the norm on non-intervention in internal affairs.” WorldIdeasSelfCountryLawUsedOrderStrongGivenNaturalSupportStruggleMovementBuildingLimitsResourcesDeterminationRelationWestInvestmentAffairInternationalProtectionLiberationInternalsLatinSelf DeterminationSovereigntyNormInterventionCredibilityLatin AmericaNatural ResourcesWorld OrderInternational LawLatin AmericanPrimacyInternal AffairsNational Sovereignty Author:Richard A. Falk
“We should be looking at putting a limit on the interest that can be charged on things like store cards.You don't want to end up with totally draconian credit controls but you want some common sense. We want cooling-off periods for store cards so people can't take them out and go straight to the counter and buy things.” PeopleWantShouldEndsInterestCommonPeriodsLimitsCreditStoresCommon SenseCardsCoolingDraconian Author:George Osborne
“We need to put limits on how much an individual, group or business can spend on influencing an individual legislator or a whole set of legislators. Look at the vast sums that the NRA spends on getting all legislators to be soft on gun control. Legislators find it hard to refuse the NRA's largess when they need contributions to their political campaign wherever they can get them.” NeedsLooksHardWholePoliticalIndividualGroupsInfluenceLimitsGunRefuseCampaignsContributionGun ControlLegislatorsNraPolitical Campaign Author:Philip Kotler
“Our legislators have become a set of "whores" open to the highest bidders. The problem is that if we try to limit lobbying, we are in effect limiting free speech.” IfsTryingProblemEffectsLimitsSpeechHighestFree SpeechLegislatorsLobbying Author:Philip Kotler
“I believe in term limits for presidents because I think that there is no doubt I'm a better president now than I was when I start. I would argue that I am the best president I've ever been over the last year or two. My team is more effective than it's ever been.But what is also true is that number one, this is grueling.” ThinkingYearsBelieveTwoLastsI BelievePresidentTermNumbersDoubtTeamLimitsI Believe InArguingNo DoubtLast YearTerm LimitsI Am The Best Author:Barack Obama
“I want to drink life to the dregs, to enlarge myself to the absolute limits of my being - and to strive for a society in which everyone -regardless of race, creed, color and especially religious conviction - has the same exhilarating raison d'être, and the same opportunity to fulfill it.” WantOpportunityReligiousRaceColorDrinkLimitsAbsolutesStriveConvictionCreedsExhilaratingDregs Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair