Ability Quotes

It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department.

Technically you need the extra dimensions. At first people didn't like them too much, but they've got a big benefit, which is that the ability of string theory to describe all the elementary particles and their forces along with gravity depends on using the extra dimensions.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self.

Today's particle physics describe light as a crumple in space, and we may have deformed space in such a way that they noticed something peculiar - and they had the ability to investigate it.

I was slightly brain damaged at birth, and I want people like me to see that they shouldn't let a disability get in the way. I want to raise awareness - I want to turn my disability into ability.

It is undeniable that a woman's ability to stretch and pursue her total competence outside the home and get paid what she's worth for it makes for happier and more fulfilled women.

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

I love the ability to work with very good managers, and to provide the right incentives for them, and truly become a partner with that management, and make that management take a long view.

If you're going to stick around in this business, you have to have the ability to reinvent yourself, whether consciously or unconsciously.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years - particularly 'My Sister's Keeper.' It has sold three million copies in the States alone. I strongly feel that, as a novelist, you have a platform and the ability to change people's minds.

One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you like.

Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.

There is no more defiant denial of one man's ability to possess one woman exclusively than the prostitute who refuses to redeemed.

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.

We have the most flexible and adaptive economy. Making sure we sustain the ability of the American economy to perform well is really the priority of economic policy.

I lost my ability to will things to happen.

Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.

Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being and engineer gave him the ability to invent solutions to problems. He's always been a hero to me. I buy old Tom Swift books now and read them to my own children.

So, for me, working with larger companies has often been very satisfying, precisely because of the ability of bringing critical mass to bear on a given effort.

The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.

It is the ability to choose which makes us human.

In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn.

We created the ability for people to insert enterprise or personal data.

The chess player who develops the ability to play two dozen boards at a time will benefit from learning to compress his or her analysis into less time.

So many dancers paint. I used to paint. I started again recently. While I was dancing, I was very busy with my career. Start something else that makes use of your creative ability because if you don't you will die inside as a person.