Ability Quotes · Page 97

Intelligence is measured by a person's ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

We're in the world of creating illusions and giving people the ability to dream and to be inspired or moved.

— Madonna Ciccone

I listen to The Beatles, we both [with Abilities] listen to everything.

— Eyedea

The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.

— John F. Kennedy

The ability to fight isnt a one-size fits all; everybody is different.

— Melissa McBride

...She's understood the power of stories. Their magical ability to refill the wounded part of people.

— Kate Morton

If you live a transparent life there are no lies to tell. The truth is out in the open.

— Kaoru Shinmon

Spirituality is a boundless ability to respond and experience.

— Jaggi Vasudev

When you think that the road has ended, you must know that it is your ability to go beyond has ended, not…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Our generation has the ability and the responsibility to make our ever-more connected world a more hopeful, stable and peaceful place.

— Natalie Portman

Working memory capacity is really the ability to hold and manipulate information while you're actively trying to block out distraction.

— Amishi Jha

A lot of guys do the pretty things. Dunking, tattoos, earrings, sagging jeans. That's the league now. They have athletic ability, but…

— Charles Oakley

Knowledge grows exponentially. The more we know, the greater our ability to learn, and the faster we expand our knowledge base.

— Dan Brown

What I’ve learned along the way is that existence is cosmic theatre, but paradoxically, we should play our roles to the absolute…

— Tom Robbins

Don’t use the language of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ when talking about blood sugar numbers – these are data points, not judgments of…

— Adam Brown

Success is the ability to live your life, the way you want to live it, doing what you enjoy most, surrounded by…

— Brian Tracy

A fully developed bureaucratic mechanism stands in the same relationship to other forms as does the machine to the non-mechanical production of…

— Max Weber

It is clear from a common sense viewing of the program that coarse language is a part of the culture of the…

— Jonathan Adelstein

There's something unnatural about a woman finding babies or, more specifically, conversation about babies, boring. They'll think she's bitter, jealous, lonely. But…

— David Nicholls

I'd say our ability to supersize emotions are American-made special effects. In European countries, people mostly stay close to home and whatever…

— A.M. Homes

I am not altogether confident of my ability to put my thoughts into words: My texts are usually better after an editor…

— Anonymous

Imagination, which is a quality writers must have, does not mean the ability to weave pretty stories out of nothing. In the…

— Willa Cather

To discover how much of our resources must be mobilized for war, we must first examine our political aim and that of…

— Carl von Clausewitz

The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has…

— Eric Alterman

I can’t function around a man if I know his ability to give pleasure.

— Kristen Ashley

I think I have a natural, if I can say that, got a kind of natural ability in comedy.

— Robert Carlyle

When you can't get a miracle, you can still be a miracle for someone else.

— Nick Vujicic

It is our choices that define who we are, not our abilities.

— Anonymous

Hollywood has this incredible ability to make a lot of noise.

— Ian Astbury

Living unloved is like clipping a bird's wings and removing its ability to fly.

— Anonymous

The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence

— Holly Goldberg Sloan

I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.

— Barry Humphries

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

— Orison Swett Marden

Being confident is a really important part of being a footballer. I know my own ability and what I can achieve.

— Ayoze Perez

It was the joy of admiration and of one's own ability, growing together.

— Ayn Rand

Success in business hinges mostly on the ability to get the important things done.

— William Feather

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.

— Roger Moore

It is often said that the magnitude of a people is measured by their ability to know how to win.

— Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.

— Rahm Emanuel

If you want to be the best, find out what the top people do & do it yourself.

— Brian Tracy