Ability Quotes

I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

I personally believe that there's going to be a good case for the government preserving some type of guarantee to make sure that people have the ability to borrow to finance a house even in a very damaging recession. I think there's going to be a good case for that.

I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive. It's horrifying.

The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad.

The ability to change one's views without losing one's seat is the mark of a great politician.

I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

It is outrageous to know that security procedures are apparently so lax at the Department of Veterans Affairs that a single bureaucrat had the ability to put the personal information of over 26 million Veterans at risk for sale to the highest criminal bidder.

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed - but never the husband).

Certain things happened in the early church. Women who had never had any freedom suddenly have the ability to stand up and speak and be treated as equals within the life of the church.

What women have to stand on squarely is not their ability to see the world in the way men see it, but the importance and validity of their seeing it in some other way.

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt.

The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.

One of the things you learn being in the public eye is that you have the ability to raise awareness about serious issues, and, in the process, really help people.

The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.

My imagination, my ability to understand the way love and people grow over time, how passion can surprise and renew, utterly failed me.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

I really believe that we don't have to make a trade-off between security and privacy. I think technology gives us the ability to have both.

With DNA, the ability to find out a lot more with a lot less has increased our ability for identification.

When the object that is produced, the photographic image has the ability to make tears come to your eyes; to inspire you to the point where you have to catch your breath, then nothing else matters.

Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.

Madonna is a pro. I don't like her and have no respect for her but- I don't think she should be called a musician or a dancer or whatever you know, but I do have, well I do have respect for her ability to completely manipulate the media and have them work for her.

In fact, people have been very complimentary about my act and very tolerant of my singing ability.

The death of any man aged 56 is very sad for his widow and family. And no one would deny that Steve Jobs was a brilliant and highly innovative technician, with great business flair and marketing ability.

As for Tenacious D, of course it could work as a full length movie; all it requires is a great writer and great director with an ability to think outside of conventional film comedy.

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.

People's ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.

Coming back to a television series puts you back in the limelight and gives you a platform for your ideas. If you're not acting on a series, you don't get the ability to communicate to people.