We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the advancement of science in overcoming challenges previously deemed insurmountable.
Christopher Reeve's quote reflects the evolving mindset of the scientific community towards innovation and discovery. He suggests that terms like 'impossible' or 'unsolvable' are outdated in an era where science is rapidly progressing, allowing for the possibility of not just treating but completely eradicating diseases and injuries. This perspective inspires hope for a future where solutions to seemingly insurmountable problems are within reach.
In practice
During a keynote speech at a medical conference, one might use this quote to inspire researchers.
I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don't know. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do.
Either you vegetate and look out a window, or activate and try to effect change.
Once you choose hope, anything's possible
Nothing of any consequence happens unless people get behind an idea. It begins with an individual and they share the idea with more individuals-and eventually it becomes a movement.
Success is not about money and power. Real success is about relationships. There's no point in making $50 million a year if your teenager thinks you're a jerk and you spend no time with your wife.
The key to success is letting the relationships in your life grow to the highest levels they possibly can . . . not putting yourself first in life and remembering that the more you give away, the more you have.
I confess, that very different from you, I do find sometimes scientific inspiration in mysticism ... but this is counterbalanced by an immediate sense for mathematics.
The best material model of a cat is another, or preferably the same, cat.
To understand a science it is necessary to know its history.
Ever since the dawn of civilization, people have not been content to see events as unconnected and inexplicable. They have craved an understanding of the underlying order in the world. Today we still yearn to know why we are here and where we came from. Humanity's deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for our continuing quest. And our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in.
Every aspect of the world today - even politics and international relations - is affected by chemistry.
I would be very ashamed of my civilization if we did not try to find out if there is life in outer space.
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