Their Ability Quotes

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I think the economic empowerment of women that has been growing over the past decade is at the 'inflection point' with this global recession. Women… — Andrea Jung
Corporations today, by their razor sharp focus on the 'bottom line' and quarterly earnings, have lost their ability to innovate. — John Maeda
Humans are so innately hardwired for language that they can no more suppress their ability to learn and use language than they can suppress the… — Steven Pinker
One of the marked superiorities the English enjoy over other peoples is their ability to imbue the foreigner with a crippling inferiority complex the moment… — Pierre Daninos
I'm always in awe of and respect humans for their ability to plan, but sometimes, good intentions are lost along the way. And often the… — Pipilotti Rist
Our brains are fairly powerful, but our conscious minds are still extremely limited in their ability to hold onto multiple simultaneous thoughts — Steve Pavlina
The greatness of peoples springs from their ability to grasp the grand conceptions of being. It is the absorption of a people, of a nation,… — Alexander Crummell
It's hard for the White House to regain momentum if the Congress is in disarray. It ties up the Republicans in Congress and limits their… — Calvin Jillson
Because someone is a lama or is part of a monastic order or claims to be part of a succession, doesn't really mean they know… — Frederick Lenz
In advanced Zen a person comes to realize that the existence of things and their ability to perceive them correctly is completely dependent upon their… — Frederick Lenz
Creatives are feared and ridiculed... and at the same time highly valued for their ability to see things that others do not. — Janice Tanton
I think that as a playwright, if I detail that environment, then I'm taking away something from them [designers]. I'm taking away their creativity and… — August Wilson
So far as the object of taxation is to raise a revenue for discharging the debts and defraying the expenses of the community, its operation… — John Quincy Adams
My personal definition of rock'n'roll is people attempting to do something that's beyond their ability to do it well. And whatever the outward contradictions, I… — David First
Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible… — R. Buckminster Fuller
Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she is not cared for and respected. — William Glasser
I'm so impressed by Jennifer Lawrence and Carey Mulligan. They have this exquisite taste. They are very gifted in their ability to make great choices. — Claire Danes
The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that… — William Hazlitt
Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something… — Billy Joel
I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel… — Yousuf Karsh

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