Capable Quotes

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I don't expect Christians to see God as a metaphor, but that's what he is. Perhaps it might be clearer to call him a character… — Philip Pullman
Happiness is often presented as being very dull but, he thought, lying awake, that is because dull people are sometimes very happy and intelligent people… — Ernest Hemingway
Who I am, and what I am capable of doing has always managed to surprise me. — Jodi Picoult
A real friend isn't capable of feeling sorry for you. — Jodi Picoult
The world that I should wish to see would be one freed from the virulence of group hostilities and capable of realizing that happiness for… — Bertrand Russell
No man is liberated from fear who dare not see his place in the world as it is; no man can achieve the greatness of… — Bertrand Russell
She asked him to come and see her that night. He agreed, in order to get away, knowing that he was incapable of going. But… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Iâ€™m quite capable of walking,â€ she pointed out. It is faster this way. Your legs are short.â€ They are not! — Christine Feehan
I know thereâ€™s evil in the world, and there always has been. But you donâ€™t need to believe in Satan or demons to explain it.… — Tess Gerritsen
The longest journey Is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest For the source of his… — Dag Hammarskjold
Only the man who extols the purity of love devoid of desire, is capable of the depravity of a desire devoid of love. — Ayn Rand
He was born in fury and he lived in lightning. Tom came headlong into life. He was a giant in joy and enthusiasms. He didn't… — John Steinbeck
Man is capable of greatness, love, nobility, compassion. Yet never forget that his capacity for evil is infinite. It is a sad truth, boy, that… — David Gemmell
Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
To me, a witch is a woman that is capable of letting her intuition take hold of her actions, that communes with her environment, that… — Paulo Coelho
So few people know what they're capable of. — Sue Monk Kidd
The most futile thing in this world is any attempt, perhaps, at exact definition of character. All individuals are a bundle of contradictions - none… — Theodore Dreiser
First quality: you are capable of great things, but you must never forget that there is a hand guiding your steps. We call that hand… — Paulo Coelho
It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty. — Bette Greene
He spoke of human solitude, about the intrinsic loneliness of a sophisticated mind, one that is capable of reason and poetry but which grasps at… — Nicole Krauss

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