Ability Quotes

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Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did. — Rita Mae Brown
I would like to be a heart surgeon or brain surgeon... something with that knowledge and the ability to save a life would be pretty… — Luke Bryan
Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way. — Charles Bukowski
As you get older, the physical abilities decrease, which is particularly frustrating because your brain gets so good! So as you are becoming less technically… — Deborah Bull
A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. — Edmund Burke
Advertising is the ability to sense, interpret... to put the very heart throbs of a business into type, paper and ink. — Leo Burnett
As governor, I saw the link between economic prosperity and the ability to acquire knowledge. — Jeb Bush
We need a new British business bank with a clean balance sheet and an ability to expand lending rapidly to the manufacturers, exporters and high-growth… — Vince Cable
I know there's been a lot that's been said about animated voice work, as though it's 'you can do this in your jeans and there's… — Nicolas Cage
I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily. — Nick Cannon
Our participation in the single market, and our ability to help set its rules is the principal reason for our membership of the EU. So… — David Cameron
Certain things happened in the early church. Women who had never had any freedom suddenly have the ability to stand up and speak and be… — Tony Campolo
Because you want to have competition to drive down the price. You want innovation. You have the ability to get people to agree that it's… — Maria Cantwell
No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor. — Thomas Carlyle
What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite. — Thomas Carlyle
Integration is a man's ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone wants to live in a white neighborhood and he is… — Stokely Carmichael
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly… — Andrew Carnegie
The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in… — Andrew Carnegie
I don't think healthcare's a right. The only right you have is the ability to go out on an even playing field and work, and… — Adam Carolla
You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life.… — Benjamin Carson

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