Their Ability Quotes

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So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources… — Patrick J. Kennedy
Let's keep the chemists over here and the food over here, that's my feeling. What do I know? But that is a big aspect of… — Greg Kinnear
Habitual texters may not only cheat their existing relationships, they can also limit their ability to form future ones since they don't get to practice… — Jeffrey Kluger
Brands are facing a new competitive landscape in which self-definition, core values and purpose will increasingly define their ability to reach customers that only allow… — Simon Mainwaring
The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason. — Marya Mannes
Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their… — Ezra Pound
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. — Theodore Roosevelt
It is fair to say that insofar as sport is taken seriously by those who play it, then to that extent their conduct in play… — Will Self
It doesn't take Warren Buffett to realize that when companies don't know what new rules will look like, it affects their ability to commit capital… — John Sununu
We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them. — Evelyn Waugh
I would warn my brethren and sisters to never flatter persons because of their ability; for they cannot bear it. Self is easily exalted, and… — Ellen G. White
When people rely on surface appearances and false racial stereotypes, rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the level of the heart, mind and spirit,… — James A. Forbes
A culture's ability to understand the world and itself is critical to its survival. But today we are led into the arena of public debate… — George Saunders
No single man makes history. History cannot be seen, just as one cannot see grass growing. Wars and revolutions, kings and Robespierres, are history's organic… — Boris Pasternak
If history is to be creative, to anticipate a possible future without denying the past, it should, I believe, emphasize new possibilities by disclosing those… — Howard Zinn
The road to wisdom is paved with excess. The mark of a true writer is their ability to mystify the familiar and familiarize the strange. — Walt Whitman
The fact that the poor are alive is clear proof of their ability. — Muhammad Yunus
Dining partners, regardless of gender, social standing, or the years they've lived, should be chosen for their ability to eat - and drink! - with… — M.F.K. Fisher
People who know other peopleâ€™s secrets canâ€™t afford to do things that impair their ability to control their mouths. — Patricia Briggs
Not every child has an equal talent or an equal ability or equal motivation, but they should have the equal right to develop their talent… — John F. Kennedy

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