Beyond the Impossible/Quotes

Do the impossible, see the invisible
Row, row, fight the power!
Touch the untouchable, break the unbreakable
Row, row, fight the power!

—Rap Is A Man's Soul, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann insert song

The Doctor: "We'll all plunge to our deaths. See? I've thought about it! [examines the door] Ah, the security protocols are still live. There's no way to override them; it's impossible!"
River Song: "How impossible?"
The Doctor: "Two minutes."

—Doctor Who

Unlike the Medal of Honor, the Param Vir Chakra is only given for "rarest of the rare gallantry which is beyond the call of duty and which in normal life is considered impossible to do."
That's right, you actually have to break the laws of reality just to be eligible. It has only been awarded 21 times, and two thirds of the people who earned it died in the process.

—Marc Russel, Cracked.com, Five Real Life Soldiers Who Make Rambo Look Like A Pussy

When a man is faced with his own death, he finds the impossible less of a barrier.

—Prince of Persia

There are some things which you cannot do. There are some limits on even a Noble's actions.
Never learn these limits. Never accept them. You are a Lord or Lady of this earth.

—Nobilis

The difficult I'll do right now;
The impossible will take a little while.

—Billie Holiday, Crazy He Calls Me

Oh, that... well... since I believe I can do the impossible, I just don’t think about it and do the impossible.

—Michael Garcia, The Impossible Man

Didn't I tell you I could make the impossible possible?

—Mwu La Flaga, Gundam Seed

Things are only impossible until they're not!

—Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation

You've made a career out of performing the impossible.

—Thane Krios to Commander Shepard, Mass Effect 2

Isabella: Hey guys. Whatcha doin'?
Phineas: We're fixing this time machine.
Isabella: Isn't that kind of impossible?
Phineas: That's a possibility.

—Phineas and Ferb, "It's About Time!"

Black Mage: So, you want us to build a thing that's the size of everything using nothing.
Red Mage: Yes.
Black Mage: Twice.
Red Mage: Yes.

—8-Bit Theater, "Episode 1150: Stuck In The Middle With You"

"Most people thought the Sonic Rainboom was just an old mare's tale but on that day, the day I discovered racing, I proved that the legends were true;

I made the impossible happen!"

—Rainbow Dash, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "Sonic Rainboom"

Never let anyone tell you that something is impossible.

—Monty Oum

A fourth dimensional bubble casts a three-dimensional shadow. IT IS BEYOND COMPREHENSION!

—Finn after blowing a fourth-dimensional bubble, Adventure Time

Vetinari: Apprentices? But I can see to it that the finest craftsmen --
Leonard da Quirm: Not craftsmen, my lord. I have no use for people who have learned the limits of the possible.

—The Last Hero

"I too believed time travel to be nothing more than a fallacy. Something that humans could only dream of... make movies of. Write stories about.
But as I delved more into my research in physics, I began to see things that my other colleagues, and theorists of the past, could never seem to see.
I started piercing things together, one by one, until I had finally found the solution.
Once I had my solution, the only remaining thing necessary was to execute it.
This took much of my wealth and investment... to develop something that could trump reality. Something only thought to exist within the imagination.
And it was worth every penny."

—Tensai, Time Tenshi

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