Capable Quotes

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Such happiness as life is capable of comes from the full participation of all our powers in the endeavor to wrest from each changing situations… — John Dewey
There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour. — Benjamin Disraeli
Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet. — Rita Dove
Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and… — Peter Drucker
Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. — Alexandre Dumas
We may not all break the Ten Commandments, but we are certainly all capable of it. Within us lurks the breaker of all laws, ready… — Isadora Duncan
The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a… — Lawrence Durrell
If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves. — Thomas A. Edison
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming… — Albert Einstein
If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature with mutual sympathy, and to become capable of genuine comradeship,… — Havelock Ellis
There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of… — Daniel Ellsberg
Something I've realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of self-change and… — Brian Eno
You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as… — Paloma Faith
I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant. — Oriana Fallaci
Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us. — Jonathan Safran Foer
Living on a planet of fixed size requires compromise, and while we are the only party capable of negotiating, we are not the only party… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy… — Malcolm Forbes
I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of. — Harrison Ford
Sooner or later something had to give. But President Bush, faced with the unprecedented affront of 9-11, could not wait to take action. So he… — Alexander Haig
When my body is strong, I feel stronger inside. I feel more capable of handling emotional situations. Usually I'm more of a inside-out person, but… — Mariska Hargitay

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