limit quotes

That the automobile has practically reached the limit of its development is suggested by the fact that during the past year no improvements of a radical naturehave been introduced.

-Anonymous
  Scientific  American, 2  Jan.

For the first time, we have been able to reach an Kennedy agreement which can limit the dangers of this age.

-Kennedy,John F(itzgerald)
  On the ratificationof a treaty to limit nuclear testing,7 Oct.

There is a definite limit to the length of time a composer can go on writing in one dance rhythm. This limit is obviously reached by Ravel toward the end of LaValse and toward the beginning of Bole¤  ro.

-Lambert, Constant
  Music Ho!

The Canadian kid who wants to grow up to be Prime Minister isn't thinking big, he is setting a limit to his ambitions rather early.

-Richler, Mordecai
Quoted in Time (Canadian edition), 31 May1971.

You can't figure him out like a fact, because to Reagan themainfact was avision† He came fromtheheartland of the country, where people could be down-to-earth yet feel that the sky is the limitönot ashamed of, or cynical about, the American dream.

-Shultz, George P(ratt)
  Of Ronald Reagan.Turmoil andTriumph.

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