Capacity Quotes

Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.

I fear this little episode does not speak very favourably for my business capacity in those early days, for I certainly ought to have made much more than I did by this really important invention.

The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world.

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

Music will never go away, and I will never stop making music; it's just what capacity or what arena you decide to do it.

In a work capacity I'm only interested in acting and producing.

The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man could attain.

Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a changing world.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.

My ambition is to go back to Spurs and Rangers in some capacity and give something back that they gave to me.

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.

In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people of the United States of America. And nobody has gone about it in such an aggressive way.

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.

If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest capacity or virtue of man cannot be theoretical wisdom.

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.

I shall confess at the outset that it was only shortly after the beginning of this century that I entered active life - with a somewhat precocious capacity for involvement.

I'm very old-fashioned in some ways because of my father, who thought that being a public servant was an honor. Everyone must find a capacity in which they can serve, because we all benefit from society.

All great enterprises have a pearl of faith at their core, and this must be ours: that Americans are still a people born to liberty. That they retain the capacity for self-government. That, addressed as free-born, autonomous men and women of God-given dignity, they will rise yet again to drive back a mortal enemy.

So, without being cold, you really have to try to retain the capacity to help people without becoming too emotional or allowing your own emotions to have full rein.

Freight mobility and movement, while not a sexy policy issue, is a highly important one. Capacity constraints and congestion on our nation's freight rail system create many problems.

Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women.

Your personal capacity to handle more valuable projects will go up when you appreciate yourself more.

The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account.

In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

I had great admiration for the election of President Obama. I believe that the U.S. at that moment showed tremendous capacity to show that it is a great nation, and it surprised the world. It may be very difficult to be able to elect a black president in the U.S. - as it was very difficult to elect a woman president in Brazil.

As a confirmed individualist I certainly do not wish to underrate the influence of the individual, for the masses do not lead the individual; rather, in the individual is vested the capacity to lead the masses.

Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.

Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological.