If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Public demand for better services requires increased revenue, but international market competition for capital and labour drives down the ability of any… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
It doesn't take Warren Buffett to realize that when companies don't know what new rules will look like, it affects their ability… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
The master class seldom lose a chance to insult a woman who has the ability for something besides service to his lordship. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Amazing, really, to think of what a man could achieve with the simple ability to put pen to paper and spin a… — Graham Moore Copy Share Image
When the chair of an investigating committee refuses to share vital findings or source information with any of his colleagues, his committee's… — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
Say: I take refuge with the lord of the Day break,from the evil of what He has created,from the evil of darkness… — Quran Copy Share Image
In the last four years under the Patriot Act, we have seen a great increase in the ability of law enforcement officials… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
Our capacity to move forward as developing beings rests on a healthy relationship with the past. Psychotherapy, that widespread method for promoting… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
As a mathematician, von Neumann was quick, brilliant, efficient, and enormously broad in scientific interests beyond mathematics itself. He knew his technical… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical… — John Frankenheimer Copy Share Image
Power corresponds to the human ability not just to act but to act in concert. Power is never the property of an… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
It doesn't service anyone any to say, "This is a terrible violation in any circumstance always," because that robs us of our… — Melissa Gira Grant Copy Share Image
You know, we just buy music now. We don't make it any more. And that goes for just about everything. I think… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
In one sense it is evident that the art of kingship does include the art of lawmaking. But the political ideal is… — Plato Copy Share Image
The struggle of the male to learn to listen to and respect his own intuitive, inner prompting is the greatest challenge of… — Herb Goldberg Copy Share Image
There are writers I return to no matter what I'm working on, writers like the South African J.M. Coetzee. He has an… — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
Waterpolo is my life. Our relationship is that of predetermination I'll never be better at anything than waterpolo and that is why… — Tibor Benedek Copy Share Image
Facebook's greatest strength - its ability to identify and connect like-minded people - is also a major vulnerability. — Asha Rangappa Copy Share Image
If there is any single factor that makes for success in living, it is the ability to draw dividends from defeat. — William Moulton Marston Copy Share Image
The heart is the perfection of the whole organism. Therefore the principles of the power of perception and the souls ability to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it. — Joyce Brothers Copy Share Image
The greatest contribution Vietnam is making-right or wrong is beside the point-is that it is developing an ability in the United States… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
The big majority of Americans, who are comparatively well-off, have developed an ability to have enclaves of people living in the greatest… — Gunnar Myrdal Copy Share Image
We ought to start running the government like a private-sector business. I have that ability as CEO of our companies. I have… — John Raese Copy Share Image
Micro-targeting is the ability for a campaign to profile you, to know much more about you than you know about it, and… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
My ability to notice that kind of thing, the sanctity of the bubble that you create, has not been so good in… — Andy Richter Copy Share Image
So uncritically do we accept the idea of property in culture that we don't even question when the control of that property… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Being a CEO requires a specific skill set, and a background in engineering equips individuals with the ability to plan logically and… — Dinesh Paliwal Copy Share Image
Don't wait for every thing to be perfect. When you know you can't reach your destination, adjust your action, remember possibility is… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
My ability to play off the pick-and-roll, open plays for other guys and use my athletic body to catch lobs, that's what… — John Collins Copy Share Image
The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented. It was man's ability to invent which has made human society what… — Dennis Gabor Copy Share Image
You can measure your power in your ability to stop thought. The longer you can stop thought, the more powerful you are. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What we must demand from the photographer is the ability to put such a caption beneath his picture as will rescue it… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
I think that's the core of black aesthetics: the ability to improvise. That is what has enabled our [black people's] survival. — August Wilson Copy Share Image
Part of the Disney success is our ability to create a believable world of dreams that appeals to all age groups. The… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
The key to power, then, is the ability to judge who is best able to further your interests in all situations. Keep… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I have learned that much of my spiritual progress does not come directly from God, but through my ability to humble myself… — Francis Frangipane Copy Share Image
Jonathan Hill is an old friend of mine; I have worked with him for many years and know him to be a… — Kenneth Clarke Copy Share Image
I can play a power game, but I also have the ability to step it up to another level and hit shots… — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image