“Having certain limits - not too many, but certain limits on an ability to tell a story - makes us work harder, me and my writers. Sometimes I watch a giant movie with a $250 million budget and I think they feel kind of bloated, and that if they'd been leaner and meaner they might've had better storytelling.” IfsThinkingFeelsKindSometimesStoriesMightCertainAbilityWatchesMillionsHard WorkLimitsHarderStorytellingBudgetsGiantsWork Harder Author:Vince Gilligan
“Scientists are telling us that 350 parts per million [of carbon] in the atmosphere is the upper limit. We're at 387 parts per million now, and we're up in that zone where the risk of going past irrevocable tipping points is elevated. It's no different than going to a doctor and learning your cholesterol is too high, and you're at risk for a heart attack. You have to work to lower your cholesterol and hope to get there before the heart attack comes.” HeartDifferentPastMillionsRiskLimitsDoctorsScientistAtmosphereZoneCarbonHeart AttackTippingIrrevocableCholesterolTipping Point Author:Bill McKibben
“100 million dollars used to be the limit of what a movie might cost; now they routinely cost 300 million. Sooner or later, spectacle is just going to have to find a new way to exist.” WayMightUsedMillionsCostLimitsDollarsUsed To BeSooner Or LaterNew WaysMillion Dollars Author:Matthew Specktor
“Though the rampant racial injustices throughout the criminal justice system were offensive to me and to millions of other people, I've never drawn a tight circle around the black community to define the limits of my moral concern. But that narrative tends to get imposed on you, if you're an African-American activist.” PeopleIfsBlackCommunityJusticeMoralMillionsLimitsConcernInjusticeCriminalsCirclesAfrican AmericanNarrativeActivistOffensiveJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice SystemBlack Community Author:Van Jones
“Finally we promised to limit the birth rate. And this you really didn't believe; you smiled scornfully. Well, even in this things have gone well. The fact is that we have grown by over seventy millions in ten years, but it's also true that we have grown less than many other countries, including the countries of Europe.” YearsBelieveWellsCountryFactsMillionsGoneBirthTenLimitsEuropeRateIncludingOther CountriesSeventiesBirth Rate Author:Indira Gandhi
“You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn’t flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn’t have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being there.” MomentsLightHeavenHoursPerfectNumbersMillionsSonThousandLimitsPerfectionSpeedMilesFlyingMy SonBeing ThereThousand MilesSeagullSpeed Of LightJonathan Livingston SeagullLivingston SeagullJonathan Seagull Book:Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition Source: Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition
“As sure as this Earth is turnin, souls burnin / In search of higher learnin, turnin in every direction seeking direction / My moms cryin cause her insides are dyin / Her son tryin her patience, keep her heart racin / A million beats a minute, I know I push you to your limit / But it's this game, love—I'm caught up all in it / They make it so you can't prevent it, never give it / You gotta take it, can't fake it, I keep it authentic” KnowsGivingHeartSoulEarthGamesCausesMillionsMinutesSonMomHigherLimitsBeatsCaughtSeekingMy MomFakeCaught Up Author:Jay-Z