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Possibility Quotes - Page 14

The form is the possibility of the structure.

Ludwig Wittgenstein (2014). “The Tractatus According to Its Own Form”, p.7, Lulu.com

I'm a pessimist about probabilities, I'm an optimist about possibilities.

"Lewis Mumford Remembers". The New York Times, July 6, 1977.

[Science fiction is] the attempt to deal rationally with alternate possibilities in a manner which will be entertaining.

Lester Del Rey (1980). “The world of science fiction, 1926-1976: the history of a subculture”, Dissertations-G

Some string theorists prefer to believe that string theory is too arcane to be understood by human beings, rather than consider the possibility that it might just be wrong.

Lee Smolin (2007). “The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next”, p.269, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

All our acts have sacramental possibilities.

Freya Stark (2014). “The Zodiac Arch”, p.124, I.B.Tauris

Much of the possibility of being cheerful comes from the faculty of throwing oneself beyond oneself.

Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1992). “The Brownings' Correspondence: January 1845-July 1845, letters 1799-1981”

The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

Edmund Wilson (2007). “Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1930s & 40s”

Another possibility is that evolution selected creativity in general as a marker of sexual fitness.

Daniel J. Levitin (2006). “This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession”, p.258, Penguin