Words when spoken out loud for the sake of performance are music. They have rhythm and pitch and timbre and volume. These… — Josiah Bartlett Copy Share Image
People think I've done a lot for Washington, but it's done so many things for me. The ability to meet and connect… — Kelsey Plum Copy Share Image
Before I'd written movies, I never could do big set-piece scenes with a lot of different speakers - when you've got twelve… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the 'Rolling Stone' interview fatally compromised his ability to… — Jim Talent Copy Share Image
A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better… — Charles Erwin Wilson Copy Share Image
Most entrepreneurs think capital is the biggest problem they have - but it's not. You can have all the capital you want,… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
Everybody has an ego, and they don't like their athletic ability to be questioned. — Shannon Sharpe Copy Share Image
Spiritual life is absolute reality. Krishna is real but we have lost the ability to realize him. — Bhakti Charu Swami Copy Share Image
The instinct to survive will never change, neither will the human body's amazing ability to endure. — Lofty Wiseman Copy Share Image
And I think the female creative urge is intrinsically biologically linked to our ability to give birth to a child, even if… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
Whenever anybody gets involved in politics, its always exciting for me because we take for granted our freedoms and our abilities to… — Emily Saliers Copy Share Image
I feel like I introduce another level of my creative ability on every album. — Busta Rhymes Copy Share Image
Unless you had a popular video on YouTube or could perform shows in front of thousands, musical ability meant nothing. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
One of the most powerful weapons in the Food and Drug Administration's arsenal is its ability to censure companies that promote drugs… — Mina Kimes Copy Share Image
Before I studied the art, a punch to me was just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. After I… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
The power of music that poetry lacks is the ability to persuade without argument. — William Matthews Copy Share Image
Very often I hear talk about female literature, or femininity in literature. It's a categorization I am not sure about. Maybe there… — Luljeta Lleshanaku Copy Share Image
I don't think language could have evolved if it was the only distinctive trait. It goes hand in hand with our ability… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Senator Allen has long been a leader on competitiveness issues in the Senate and as governor of Virginia. His announcement of the… — John Engler Copy Share Image
Perhaps the basic thing which contributes to charm is the ability to forget oneself and be engrossed in other people. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me. — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
No man can afford to express, through words or acts, that which is not in harmony with his own beliefs, and if… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
It's time to level the playing field for small business owners and give them the same health care choices that large corporations… — Jeff Merkley Copy Share Image
I always marvel at the humans' ability to keep going. They always manage to stagger on even with tears streaming down their… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
As people who make things, we have the ability to think of the most vile, awful things we can imagine, but it… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
I have an ability to work collegially across a wide range of interests in the caucus and in the Congress, and an… — Marcy Kaptur Copy Share Image
The feel of the experience is the important thing, not the ability to verbalize or analyze it. — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
It's not lack of ability, not even brain or talent, it's just lack of organizing things that keep you away from success. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
Freedom from militarism will give the German people the opportunity, if they will but seize it, to apply their great energies and… — James F. Byrnes Copy Share Image
The system of white supremacy is intended to make folks of color doubt themselves, their intelligence, their abilities, their very sanity. And… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
As powerful as the power of positive thoughts are, depression biologically interferes with the brain's ability to maintain a positive thought for… — Harold H. Bloomfield Copy Share Image
The only thing that keeps us going back to one another is that we're all filled with such enormous self-doubt. We have… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
The patience and ability to work through a long series of steps - to figure things out - is a foundation for… — Ann Lewin-Benham Copy Share Image
The current concept of prom just seems so empty. Teenagers get dressed up to go to a dance at a fancy location.… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
Your success in investing will depend in part on your character and guts, and in part on your ability to realize at… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
