Able Quotes

Man was so created by the Lord as to be able while living in the body to speak with spirits and angels, as in fact was done in the most ancient times; for, being a spirit clothed with a body, he is one with them.

To be honest, everything in my life outside of tennis is great. I'm doing amazing projects that, if I didn't have time off, I wouldn't be able to focus on.

The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the Middle Ages, even kings remained illiterate.

With such compelling information, the question is why haven't we been able to do more to prevent the crisis of underage drinking? The answer is: the alcohol industry.

You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.

When I got into music, I wanted to learn guitar just enough to be able to write songs. I wanted to be able to express myself.

My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.

An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs.

What we aspired to in 1998, we have wildly surpassed. And I know we all feel incredibly grateful and lucky this band has been able to have the life that it's had.

And it is a very beautiful idea, and possibly true, that a common man from Stratford with a common education was able to write these plays.

I'll sing as long as people want to hear me, and I'll be able to sing as long as I'm alive.

What I couldn't say verbally I was able to express physically through the guitar.

We need someone with proven conservative leadership experience, not entitlement, to be able to represent us and lead us.

I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy; I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence; I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education.

I'm particularly fortunate to be in a position where I can bring my child to work and be able to get good child care. Not a lot of women have that.

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing.

We printed all the words out because otherwise nobody would be able to understand them.

I was able to interpret the difference between the sharp, quick sound and the slow, deep sound of percussion and manipulate it, get a third sound out of things, if the beats were rapid enough.

Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042.

But as my voice coach keeps saying, if we actually spoke the way they imagine the Elizabethan voice might have been, we wouldn't be able to understand it.

But I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity, along with dancing, could have been necessary at a very early stage of human culture.

For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just about more money - it is transformative. It's about taking responsibility for yourself and your family.

Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.

You're never able to please everybody, especially when you're transforming a country like Russia.

I have not had the chance to go out there and do myself justice in an Olympic marathon yet. I have not been able to get to an Olympic marathon injury-free yet.

The widespread diffusion of nuclear weapons would make many nations able, and in some cases also create the pressure, to aggravate an on-going crisis, or even touch off a war between two other powers for purposes of their own.

Gay individuals should be able to adopt.

If I start going back to church, I'd have to stop the smoking and drinking, and I wouldn't be able to curse any more.

It's tempting to say the Ph.D. didn't have an effect, but it's not so. I think whatever resonance I may be able to achieve is in part simply from the amount of reading and learning that I acquired along the way.

I can only speak for myself, and hope people hear my words and see me on television speaking for myself. And, hopefully, they'll be able to make their own judgment. And at the end of the day, I just want my work to speak for itself.