Able Quotes

10642 Able quotes by 6238 unique authors

Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive. — Garry Shandling
A government cannot be expected to allow independence to its central bank unless that bank is also accountable to it and to the wider public.… — Ian Macfarlane
Although I am fully convinced of the truth of Evolution, I by no means expect to convince experienced naturalists. But I look with confidence to… — Charles Darwin
Nelson Mandela once remarked that he befriended his jailers, those grim, khaki-clad overseers of his decades of hard labor in a limestone quarry, by "exploiting… — Marc Ian Barasch
The rule of thumb is that if someone is able to be verbally or physically abusive, he or she is able to understand that the… — Edward T Welch
The Israelis have a lot of influence with Congress, and in some cases they are able to buy influence. — Zbigniew Brzezinski
We're not about liquidating companies, but if you do that, why is that terrible? We're not blowing up the factories. The person who buys it… — Carl Icahn
I feel I'm able to serve my customer by knowing what she or he wants. One of the ways I'm able to do this is… — Kathy Ireland
I made a conscious decision to earn enough to be able to choose my husband rather than not have a career and marry someone who… — Sarah Beeny
I have been working with Women's Aid since 2003 when I became the charity's first Ambassador, and am so pleased to be able to be… — Will Young
We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had… — Jules Verne
Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary. — Marilyn vos Savant
I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in their lives when they need to be alone and quiet… — Bell Hooks
It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife. — Dirk Benedict
The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone. — Kofi Annan
I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by. — Edie Falco
I think that in itself is kind of an amazing achievement to be able to say that your full-time career is in any creative arts,… — Anna Paquin
Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone? — Propertius
But when I call for a hero, out comes my lazy old self; so I never know who I am, nor how many I am… — Pablo Neruda
I was an onion, layers and layers and layers under a thin, papery skin. If anyone had been able to cut me open, my bitter,… — Crescent Dragonwagon
Perhaps he had to be close in order to keep a reason for the things he did. To make the things he did be themselves… — Robert Penn Warren
A responsible Warrior is one who has proved able to observe and to learn. — Paulo Coelho
History will only change when we are able to use the energy of love, just as we use the energy of the wind, the seas,… — Paulo Coelho
Anyone who has known happiness will never again be able humbly to accept sadness. — Paulo Coelho
If only we could be enlightened enough to be able to listen in the silence. — Paulo Coelho

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