Able Quotes · Page 637

I was an onion, layers and layers and layers under a thin, papery skin. If anyone had been able to cut me…

— Crescent Dragonwagon

Most people write off their longing for friends and family as so many losses in their lives, when they should count the…

— Etty Hillesum

The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his…

— William Shakespeare

I always believed a singer should be able to sing any kind of song. If I wanted to sing a Cole Porter…

— Frankie Valli

I always act better when I'm able to curse.

— Miguel Ferrer

When the girl sitting at the next table looked away from a moment, Dirk leaned over and took her coffee. He knew…

— Douglas Adams

I felt that on a basis of a "search for the miraculous" it would be possible to unite together a very large…

— P.D. Ouspensky

An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling.

— Donald Sinden

I'm talking about psychic powers coming down to the everyday, average person. We're able to do things that are emerging. We're slowly…

— Drunvalo Melchizedek

[Barack Obama and Susan Rice] simply do not want any hearings on Benghazi, and they wouldn't be able to avoid it if…

— Rush Limbaugh

When we first started playing in the early days, none of us really had any idea about writing our own songs yet.…

— Wayne Kramer

As I've traveled around the country, it has surprised me how many times I've heard people in small businesses use that word…

— Karen Mills

There's a lot of levels of metanarrative that I like to play with. That's why I like the Ghostfacers, because we actually…

— Ben Edlund

It just seems so fundamental to me. I'm able to marry the person I wanted to marry. That's the fundamental human imperative.…

— Chelsea Clinton

I'd really like to be able to play the piano.

— Simon Amstell

I've noticed more people coming to shows and I've had a feeling that they were from a part of the culture I…

— Patty Griffin

Be still,” he said, voice harsh. “I might not be able to control myself if you step away.

— Deborah Harkness

I went to art school for about a year. I was born and raised in the Willamette Valley in Oregon into a…

— Mike Royer

You got to risk something to be able to give something, you know?

— Anonymous

Supergirl is such an iconic brand, and for me to be able to be the new face of it is extremely exciting.

— Nastia Liukin

Well, the fella I got on there is hitting pretty good and I know he can make that throw, and if he…

— Casey Stengel

I used to a play a role-playing game called Dungeons and Dragons, and that was about levels of experience; as you gained…

— Ben Edlund

I did not have a personal relationship with Jesus until I met my nanny, who helped me through a failing marriage and…

— Kim Alexis

Marco [Rubio] is a gifted politician. He is incredibly gifted. And he needs to be able to do his job. He's going…

— Jeb Bush

I don't think you can go into a telecast saying this is what I'm going to say, and when I'm going to…

— Dave Pasch