Capable Quotes
2237 quotes by 1598 authors
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To become imperceptible oneself, to have dismantled love in order to become capable of loving. To have dismantled one's self in order finally to be…
— Gilles Deleuze
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There was no black or white. Someone who had been good her entire life could, in fact, do something evil. People were just as capable…
— Jodi Picoult
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This day I ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God…
— Elie Wiesel
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A man is capable of thought. A crowd is not.
— Patrick Ness
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I just didn't know how much of this I was capable of. How far this - whatever it was - would actually go before old…
— J. Lynn
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We are ever capable of change and ever capable of being our better selves
— Cassandra Clare
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Here and gone. That’s what it is to be human, I think—to be both someone and no one at once, to hold a particular identity…
— Mark Doty
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...parents who work outside the home are still capable of giving their children a loving and secure childhood. Some data even suggest that having two…
— Sheryl Sandberg
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Only children believe they're capable of everything. They're trusting and fearless; they believe in their own power and get exactly what they want. When children…
— Paulo Coelho
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When a woman acts as though she’s capable of everything, she gets stuck doing everything.
— Sherry Argov
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It is remarkable indeed how we human beings are capable of delighting in the mating call of a flower while we are surrounded by the…
— Mohsin Hamid
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Since opposed principles, or ideologies, are irreconcilable, wars fought over principle will be wars of mutual annihilation. But wars fought for simple greed will be…
— Alan Watts
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English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing.
— Robert A. Heinlein
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Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of…
— Carl Sagan
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Moments later a huge male with a cropped mohawk came out. Rehvenge was dressed in a perfectly tailored black suit and had a black cane…
— J R Ward
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Having totality means being capable of following "what is," because "what is" is constantly moving and constantly changing. If one is anchored to a particular…
— Bruce Lee
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Selfish people are in a way terribly capable of great loves.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Oftentimes, those special brains, the ones that are capable of focusing more intently than others, do so at the expense of emotional maturity
— Dan Brown
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Holiday's eyes pooled with tears. And that pretty much made it a cry fest. Even Della joined in the tear party. Right then, Burnett walked…
— C.C. Hunter
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If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.
— Kazuo Ishiguro
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