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I have been thinking of this question since my highschool time.
Famous quote "everything is possible and nothing is impossible".
People say its true. But i was thinking about it all the time and found that its true natural meaning contradicts itself.

Beacause, if "everything is possible and nothing is impossible" then it means that "there are some things that are impossible", because "everything is possible and nothing is impossible".
I mean that "impossible thing" should be included in "everything", therefore there is possibility that impossible can be possible.

Do you agree?

2007-01-15 23:34:20 · 8 answers · asked by Miear 1 in Education & Reference Quotations

I dont need examples, and explanations from life. Because as you see two of you have different answers.
My question is not about whats possible and whats not, my questions is about "quotation", but whether you agree with me or not, and why.

2007-01-16 00:06:47 · update #1

I dont need examples, and explanations from life. Because as you see two of you have different answers.
My question is not about whats possible and whats not in life, my questions is about "quotation". Do you find that the quotation contradicts itself? whether you agree with me or not, and why.

2007-01-16 00:10:29 · update #2

8 answers

Mathematically that sentence would be saying Everything = possible, and nothing= impossible... If nothing is impossible, or a nother way to put it "nothing is not possible" Believe it or not they are saying the same thing. In the first part of the compound sentence it is starting with a positive and ending with a possitive... This equals a positive outcome. In the second part of the sentence it starts with a negative and ends with a negative. A double negative also equals a positive. The trick is to substitute impossibe with "not possible" It can be quite tricky! hope this clarified it for you

2007-01-16 00:57:39 · answer #1 · answered by caleb d 2 · 0 0

I've always taken the quote to be in response to claims that something was impossible, and that they are affirming the positive perspective that "everything" is possible and adjusting the negative "nothing" to further show that they are in agreement.

The assertion that something is impossible would mean that it is a proven fact. Nothing in life has ever been proven. We make conclusions based on what we observe. Many times technology of the times limits us to what we can observe.

At one time it was believed "impossible" for humans to fly, leave the planet, or even travel beyond 60 mph (scientists thought that the human body couldn't withstand the g-force).

All those things are now possible.

2007-01-15 23:59:21 · answer #2 · answered by Gaga Warlock 3 · 1 0

I think it is pretty clear. Maybe you are reading something into it that isn't there. "Everything is possible." "Nothing is impossible."
People may think something is impossible but it isn't really. Two hundred years ago someone would tell you it's impossible to put a man on the moon, but now we know it is possible. Nothing is impossible.

2007-01-15 23:40:17 · answer #3 · answered by Penelope Yelsopee 3 · 0 0

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'everything is possible and nothing is impossible' contradicts to its natural meaning, do u agree?
I have been thinking of this question since my highschool time.
Famous quote "everything is possible and nothing is impossible".
People say its true. But i was thinking about it all the time and found that its true natural meaning contradicts itself.

Beacause, if "everything is...

2015-08-10 06:10:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

If everything is possible, then it's possible that I may develop a list of a million impossible things. Right?

2007-01-15 23:43:10 · answer #6 · answered by gabluesmanxlt 5 · 0 0

There are lots of people who would make fun of the prospect of changing their destinies. This is due to the fact that it thinks that no one gets more that what is written in his fate.

2016-05-17 18:13:18 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0 0

the whole english lanuage is a mess if you ask me it all it is all a contradiction so yes you are right

2007-01-16 01:21:29 · answer #8 · answered by lulu 3 · 0 0

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