Capable Quotes
2237 quotes by 1598 authors
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Those who are not capable of sinning are said that they have attained freedom. The knowledge of the Truth raises them even more. This makes…
— Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov
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An amazing thing, the human brain. Capable of understanding incredibly complex and intricate concepts. Yet at times unable to recognize the obvious and simple.
— Jay Abraham
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The scheme of separate confederacies, which will always multiply the chances of ambition, will be a never failing bait to all such influential characters in…
— Alexander Hamilton
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I will venture to assert that no combination of designing men under heaven will be capable of making a government unpopular which is in its…
— Alexander Hamilton
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It is very difficult to reconcile the American ideal of a sovereign people capable of owning and managing their own government with an inability to…
— Calvin Coolidge
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If no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capcity to govern someone else.
— Ronald Reagan
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The making of a picture ought surely to be a rather fascinating adventure. It is not; it is an endless contention of tawdry egos, some…
— Raymond Chandler
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The aeroplane is the nearest thing to animate life that man has created. In the air a machine ceases indeed to be a mere piece…
— Ross Macpherson Smith
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Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.
— Susan Cain
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Human beings are compelled to live within a lie, but they can be compelled to do so only because they are in fact capable of…
— Vaclav Havel
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Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The…
— Seneca the Younger
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There are three forces, the only three forces capable of conquering and enslaving forever the conscience of these weak rebels in the interests of their…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength -each asking from…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Do not exalt any path above god. There are many paths that lead to god. So people are capable of finding and following the ways…
— Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
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Even the most innocent person, when cornered, is capable of a heartless crime.
— Yiyun Li
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If the nature of the work is properly appreciated and applied, it will stand in the same relation to the higher faculties as food is…
— J. C. Kumarappa
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What is wrong with looking muscular? Muscles are beautiful. Strength is beautiful. Muscle tissue is beautiful. It is metabolically, medically, and philosophically beautiful. Muscles retreat…
— Natalie Angier
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I've solved the mystery: You have to submit silently. Open up, let go. Let anything penetrate you, even the most painful things. Endure. Bear up.…
— Klaus Kinski
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Where's my white collarless shirt from Fred Segal? It's my most capable-looking outfit!
— Cher
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It is thought that the virus is a degeneration from a more complex life form. It may at one time have been capable of independent…
— William S. Burroughs
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