Able Quotes

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.

I wouldn't be able to write a song like 'Someone Like You' and get someone else to sing it because it's so personal. It's like giving away your heart.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

I know that one of the distinguishing things was I looked like I could hold a gun, even though I'd never held one before and I'm physically able to do the martial arts and all that stuff.

American workers won't be able to compete fairly for jobs until companies have to pay higher wages in countries like China and India.

I've been able to find just as much interesting, exciting music through the Internet and iTunes... The personal interaction is not the same, and I'm not walking out of a store with a physical thing, so there's definitely an element that is lost, for sure.

I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.

I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people who were casually interested in boxing together.

Nineteen percent of doctors say that they'd be able to give their patients a lethal injection. But they also went on to say that the patient would have to be really, really behind on payments.

I guess what I learned the most was to feel lucky with what I have been able to accomplish and what I have and to feel humble about the people I have been able to work with.

I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is broken.

An organization's reason for being, like that of any organism, is to help the parts that are in relationship to each other, to be able to deal with change in the environment.

To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.

Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure.

I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I'm not capable, I'm too cowardly for that.

If the Lord says to give more than you think you are able to give, know that He will provide for you. Whether things are sailing smoothly or the bottom has dropped out, He is always trustworthy. You can count on Almighty God to keep His everlasting Word.

They have shrunk from inquiry, though they have strained after punishment. I have in every shape dared the one, that I might, so far as lay in my power, be able to secure the other.

I think I'd like to be able to heal people's pain, whether it is hunger, loneliness or whatever.

I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.

I am honored to be able to serve GM at this critical juncture and take part in its reinvention.

When you're a child you're able to assimilate so easily into any situation. You even start talking like the people you're around. I wasn't conscious that I was so good at that until I started to truly feel like an actor.

I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food.

I'm 19, and, being a public figure, I'm supposed to present myself in a certain way, but it's hard and you're never going to be able to tell people who you are through the media.

To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.

Ultimately, I'd love to be able to work in film.

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?

A baby's existence for the first three months is a one-way street. One person is doing all the work and the other is crying, sleeping and pooping. So the first moment when you're actually able to do something and they acknowledge your presence, that's a big deal. A very big deal.

It's nice to be able to backtrack and not be embarrassed by the music you used to listen to.

That is the thing I'm most grateful for in this industry to be able to spin in those different mediums, with television, film and the stage - at this stage of the game.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.