Capable Quotes

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Far from being hostile to religion is capable of rendering religion important services. — Henry Norris Russell
Complete nudity in itself is not erotic. It becomes so only when preceeded by or contrasted to a state of dress. In this limited context… — Lucy Irvine
Only what is fated to die is capable of living. Only what dies lives. — Giannina Braschi
If we let our head drop, our heart drops with it. Keep your head up, and your body is capable of amazing feats. — Chrissie Wellington
The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of… — Fred Brooks
Now you see. We are all fugitives. We have always been fugitives from the void. Whatever comfort, whatever power we gain from outside of ourselves… — A.A. Attanasio
A god or revelation capable of proof or rational verification by an autonomous man would be worthless. — Greg L. Bahnsen
Our senses are woefully limited. Our brains are but tiny candles flickering in an infinity of darkness. Our only wisdom is to admit that we… — Barry Hughart
If a serious statement is defined as one that may be made in terms of waking life, poetry will never rise to the level of… — Johan Huizinga
As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable, — Viktor E. Frankl
Women have never been as interesting as they are now. Not at any time on this planet have women been so educated, so interesting, so… — Helen Fisher
My brethren, the reason why you have not got contentment in the things of the world is not because you have not got enough of… — Jeremiah Burroughs
The Syrians are trying to say that the Lebanese are not capable of ruling themselves. — Walid Jumblatt
I like to think of myself as the Chris Benoit of the movie industry, capable of taking any picture and carrying it to box-office success.… — Zach Braff
I am deeply sensitive to the spell of nationalism. I can play about thirty Bohemian folk songs ... on my mouth-organ. My oldest friend, who… — Ernest Gellner
Though I have had no adventures, I feel capable of them. — Anna Katharine Green
For evil to take place, the acts of a few people are not sufficient; the great majority also has to remain indifferent. That is something… — Tzvetan Todorov
If a person goes to his job with a firm determination to give of himself the best of which he is capable, that job no… — Hortense Odlum
Once we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our life-pursuits that they feel… — Audre Lorde
There is absolutely no reason to suspect that prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying and refusing to recognize their out-of-state marriages will cause same-sex couples to… — Henry Franklin Floyd

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