Ability Quote by Michael Wolff

“he had never been able to tailor his behavior to what the goals at hand reasonably required.”

— Michael Wolff

“Fortunately he had nothing resembling a plan, so he didn't have to worry about things not working out according to it. He simply let…

— L.J. Davis

“in avoiding specific goals he had avoided specific limitations”

— Richard Yates

“He was inefficient in the old sense of the word; not incapable, but unwilling to be seduced by work--unwilling to be singleminded. Those things…

— David Rhodes

In avoiding specific goals he had avoided specific limitations. For the time being the world, life itself, could be his chosen field.

— Richard Yates

“Overwhelming: he could do anything he wanted. But the grand sum of anything-at-all was nothing-at-all. The topology of freedom offered no gradients to nudge…

— Ian Tregillis

“He had made a series of foolish decisions in his life. He had not planned well. He had not had courage when he needed…

— Dave Eggers

“He could even be grateful in a sense that he had no particular area of interest: in avoiding specific goals he had avoided specific…

— Richard Yates

“I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on…

— Charles Dickens

“He was in control of every aspect of his profession and he deferred to no one. In his private life, however, he was clueless.”

— Robert Bryndza

“He had nothing to start with, except the capacity to know what he wanted, and the determination to stand by that desire until he…

— Napoleon Hill

“The reason he could do none of the necessary things to take care of himself, on the few occasions when he thought of them,…

— Peter Pouncey