Capable Quotes

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Shooting at a man who is returning the compliment means going into action with the greatest speed of which a man's muscles are capable, but… — Wyatt Earp
We're told the old-school imperialists were racists, that they thought of the wogs as inferior. But, if so, they at least considered them capable of… — Mark Steyn
I am perfectly convinced that I have both seen, and heard in a manner which should make unbelief impossible, things called spiritual which cannot be… — Augustus De Morgan
The power of the creative imagination is not only merely content with observing the world as it is, accepting a given reality, but is capable… — Anagarika Govinda
And I have yet to find one single individual who has attained conspicuous success in bringing down enemy aeroplanes who can be said to be… — Eddie Rickenbacker
Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service. — Brandon Sanderson
I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organisations, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable of protecting their… — Alan Greenspan
Today a racist is synonymous with race hatred. Hating someone is a pretty unpleasant thing and few people are capable of hating others. Long-term hatred… — Steve Blake
We humans, though troubled and warlike, are also the dreams, thinkers, and explorers inhabiting one achingly beautiful planet, yearning for the sublime, and capable of… — Carolyn Porco
At a time when the average student is graduating from a four-year college $27,000 in debt, when hundreds of thousands of capable young people no… — Bernie Sanders
What struck me whenever I visited a farm was how much more sophisticated was the life the animals were capable of living than was assumed… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Village cricket spread fast through the land. In those days before it became scientific, cricket was the best game in the world to watch, with… — G. M. Trevelyan
As proud and capable as it is, I think the idea that the military can build new countries is a tall order, and it's the… — Rachel Maddow
It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. — R. Buckminster Fuller
The universe has become not only conscious and aware of itself but capable in some respects of choosing its path into the future--though all three,… — Thomas Nagel
Everything, living or not, is constituted from elements having a nature that is both physical and nonphysical--that is, capable of combining into mental wholes. So… — Thomas Nagel
Writing is not a great profession as a lot of writers proclaim. I write because this is something I can do. Another thingâ€”very often I… — Ha Jin
The radiations that pour upon the earth cause the biosphere to take on properties unknown to lifeless planetary surfaces, and thus transform the face of… — Vladimir Vernadsky
We cannot discover ourselves without first discovering the universe, the earth, and the imperatives of our own being. Each of these has a creative power… — Thomas Berry
There are some who lack confidence in the integrity and capacity of the people to govern themselves. To all who entertain such fears I will… — Andrew Johnson

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