Capable Quotes

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The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an unproved… — L. Harrison Matthews
The day I acquired the habit of consciously pronouncing the words "thank you", I felt I had gained possession of a magic wand capable of… — Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
Put your sins in the chalice for the precious blood to wash away. One drop is capable of washing away the sins of the world. — Mother Teresa
There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Criticism can be effective when there is something that must be destroyed or dissolved, but it is capable only of harm when there is something… — Carl Jung
Great Power, capable of everything and only temporarily handicapped by economic difficulties. We are not a great power and never will be again. We are… — Henry Tizard
We are not only less reasonable and less decent in our dreams... we are also more inteligent, wiser and capable of better judgment when we… — Erich Fromm
To be successful, a man must exert an effective influence upon his brothers and upon his associates, and the degree in which he accomplishes this… — Vince Lombardi
I never use the word "drug" without defining it. I define it exactly the way the DEA defines it, "a chemical compound capable of reproduction… — Carl E. Olson
John and I weren't capable of getting back to Kenwood from there, so the four of us sat up for the rest of the night… — Cynthia Lennon
I have been lucky in that I've been alive at times when the things that I wanted to do were capable of being done. — Fred Hollows
The energy available for each individual man is his income, and the philosophy which can teach him to be content with penury should be capable… — Frederick Soddy
In your hands you hold the seeds of failure or the potential for greatness. Your hands are capable, but they must be used and for… — Zig Ziglar
The terrorists who have succeeded in carrying out spectacular attacks against Western targets in the past have been college-educated, technically proficient men who are capable… — Peter Bergen
For contemplation is both the highest form of activity (since the intellect is the highest thing in us, and the objects that it apprehends are… — Aristotle
Let us not forget that violence does not live alone and is not capable of living alone: it is necessarily interwoven with falsehood. Between them… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Within the Nazi Party, the beginnings of a personality cult around Hitler go back to the year before the [Munich] putsch... Outside these small groups… — Ian Kershaw
The test of a round character is whether it is capable of surprising in a convincing way. If it never surprises it is flat. Flat… — E. M. Forster
You don't need to be right all the time. Your child wants a man for a father, not a formula. He wants real parents, real… — Derek Williams
Young people are capable, when aroused, of bringing down the towers of oppression and raising the banners of freedom. — Nelson Mandela

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