Their Capacities Quotes

16 quotes by 15 authors

...chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are thinking, self-aware beings, capable of planning ahead, who form lasting social bonds with others and have a rich social… — Peter Singer
We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is… — Arthur Ashe
We must abandon the unworkable notion that it is morally reprehensible for some countries to pursue weapons of mass destruction, yet morally acceptable for others… — Mohamed ElBaradei
The leader is a person who has the possibility through destiny to know the people, to recognize their capacities, and to bring them to bear… — Arthur Zajonc
That Francis Bacon retains his reputation gained, is not strange to any that knows him. The unusual words wherewith he had spangled his speech, were… — Edward Coke
Many things they sawe with us as mathematicall instruments, sea compasses... spring clocks that seemed to goe of themselves - and many other things we… — Thomas Harriot
We all know well that we can do things for others and in the process crush them, making them feel that they are incapable of… — Jean Vanier
The anniversary of Hiroshima, should be a day of somber reflection, not only on the terrible events of that day in 1945, but also on… — Noam Chomsky
The most gifted members of the human species are at their creative best when they cannot have their way, and must compensate for what they… — Eric Hoffer
Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities. — Robert South
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark… — Norman Douglas
All men, even those we call savages, have been so tormented by the passion for strong drinks, that limited as their capacities were, they were… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
when you judge the power that is in a person, you must judge their capacities as both friend and as enemy. — Gregory David Roberts
The individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For it is only the few… — Eric Hoffer
The job of president is to motivate, to inspire, to be side by side with people making sure that they develop all their capacities and… — Vicente Fox
All who strive to live for something beyond mere selfish aims find their capacities for doing good veryinadequate to their aspirations. They do so much… — Lydia M Child

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