Quotes with ability

Quotes 101 till 120 of 278.

  • Al Gore I have faith in the United States and our ability to make good decisions based on the facts.
    Al Gore
    American politician and environmentalist (1948 - )
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  • Astrid Lindgren I have never experienced being madly in love the way most people seem to have been, although it is not something I would miss. Instead I have had an enormous ability to love my children and my grandchildren and my great grandchildren.
    Astrid Lindgren
    Swedish children's book and novelist (1907 - 2002)
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  • Harry S. Truman I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do and like it.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • Thornton Wilder I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal.
    Thornton Wilder
    American writer and playwright (1897 - 1975)
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  • Raymond Chandler I said something which gave you to think I hated cats. But gad, sir, I am one of the most fanatical cat lovers in the business. If you hate them, I may learn to hate you. If your allergies hate them, I will tolerate the situation to the best of my ability.
    Raymond Chandler
    American writer (1888 - 1959)
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard I shouldn't have acted. I didn't exhibit any ability. I was one of the kids in the school play who was just mouthing words, and they weren't the actual words of the song. I was pretty lame!
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Buzz Osborne I've always had the idea that multi-millionaire rock stars should work harder than anyone because they have the ability to do it. Look at an artist like Andy Warhol. He never stopped working, even after he didn't need to work again.
    Buzz Osborne
    American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (1964 - )
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  • Margaret Thatcher I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • Henry Ford If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Les Brown If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present.
    Les Brown
    American motivational speaker, author and radio DJ (1945 - )
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  • Brett Hull If you're going to play hockey now, you have to be able to play. If you have the ability to fight and play, you're an unbelievable commodity. But if you can only fight, there might be six of those guys left in the league, and I can guarantee they're going fast.
    Brett Hull
    Canadian-born American former ice hockey player (1964 - )
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  • Karl Marx In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.
    Karl Marx
    German economist and state philosopher (1818 - 1883)
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  • Bob Barr In a single generation, the Internet has given to virtually every person on the face of the earth the ability to communicate with fellow human beings on virtually any topic, at any time, and in every nook and cranny on the globe. This magnificent invention has done this without succumbing to government control.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley In all activities of life, the secret of efficiency lies in an ability to combine two seemingly incompatible states: a state of maximum activity and a state of maximum relaxation.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Brett Somers In fact, people have been very complimentary about my act and very tolerant of my singing ability.
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  • Ansel Adams In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.
    Ansel Adams
    American landscape photographer and environmentalist (1902 - 1984)
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  • George Eliot In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Bill Halter In terms of the ability to go out and win - this is why you have campaigns. You go out, and you take your issues to voters, and you put them out there, and people respond, or they don't.
    Bill Halter
    American politician (1960 - )
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  • Alfred N. Whitehead Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.
    Alfred N. Whitehead
    English philosopher and mathematician (1861 - 1947)
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