Able Quotes

Anybody can act violently - there is nothing to it; but not every person is able to destroy his enemy with words.

If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace.

To be able to do one thing at a time is the whole art of life.

Justice is not always done in this world; we see that everyday. But on the Last Day it will be done for all to see. And no one will be able to complain by saying, "This isn't fair."

When people say money doesn't matter, it sure as hell does when you're able to show your mother a beach house and then hand her the keys to it. That was one of the happiest moments of my life.

If we were able to live at the level of the soul all the time, there would be no need for hindsight to appreciate the great truths of life.

I have a certain taste, and I might be like, 'I like this,' when other people are like, 'I can't wear that.' And in basketball, I might be able to do things other guys might not.

At first, my presence in my photos was fascinating and disturbing. But as time passed and I was more a part of other ideas in my photos, I was able to add a giggle to those feelings.

.. the whole idea is that if you turn your amp up to 10, you should still be able to play at a whisper - you've got to learn to control your hands

Only when we're thoroughly convinced that the Christian life is entirely of grace are we able to serve God out of a grateful and loving heart.

I have never been able to see how a thirty-year old moron can vote more wisely than a fifteen-year old genius.

Health and an able body are two jewels.

It's nice to be able to forget.

He was constantly on me about the job that I was to do and the responsibility that I had upon the campus. And how I must be able to carry myself because people were looking.

Remembering that man is indeed the microcosm, the universe in miniature, the Divine Dance of the future should be able to convey with its slightest gestures some significance of the universe.

There are three sorts of lawyers - able, unable and lamentable.

Hip-Hop is being spoken through spirituality... Meaning that you'll be able to listen to it spiritually for yourself.

When I sit back in my rocking chair someday, I want to be able to say I've done it all.

You have to be able to laugh at yourself. That's what I tell Asian people all the time.

If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.

No movie has ever been able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust, and I suspect none will ever be able to provide one for 9/11. Such subjects overwhelm art.

Before passage of this [Federal Reserve] Act, the New York Bankers could only dominate the reserves of New York. Now, we are able to dominate the bank reserves of the entire country.

The greatest luxury is being able to go to movies and plays now and then in the afternoons.

I like when my man is worldly, know the finer things in life, is well traveled, and educated. It's important to me that he's able to talk to all types of people, from doctors to dishwashers.

To write a short story, you have to be able to stay up all night.

I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival.

If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day after tomorrow I would be able to get in a taxi cab and be in Tokyo in 30 seconds.

The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know how to keep below them. That is why they are able to reign over all the mountain streams.

Observing someone without context amplifies the experience. The more we know, the less we are able to feel.

Once it stops being fun, we won't be able to do it anymore. People are going to know that we're not having fun, and we're going to know that we're not having fun. So at that point, it just ends.

I liked rock music, I kind of moved into that sphere, somehow thinking that somewhere along the line I'd be able to put the two together. And I suppose I very nearly did with the Ziggy character.

A singer must be able to sing any kind of song

I definitely believe in the power of education. I believe the more people know, the more they are able to do what they can.

I thought of singing and acting as a living-making. I was able to take care of myself and a few of my friends.

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.

I know that one is able to win people far more by the spoken that by the written word, and that every great movement on this globe owes its rise to the great speakers and not to the great writers.

I wish I could dance like Michael Jackson. I'd love to be able to have my life exactly the way it is, but with his dance moves.

Animals behave in set patterns, which is why we are able to hunt and kill them. Only man has the capacity to consciously alter his behavior, to improvise and overcome the weight of routine and habit.

A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones.

A writing teacher once told me that the most successful movies and books were simple plots about complex characters. You should be able to articulate your concept in a couple of lines.

My life had come to a sudden stop. I was able to breathe, to eat, to drink, to sleep. I could not, indeed help doing so; but there was no real life in me.

I stopped painting, not because I didn't like painting; the sensuality of it was fun. But I wasn't able to get to the point I wanted to.

If you can discover what you like, if you can discover what you truly believe about most of the major matters of life, you will be able to write a story which is honest and original and unique.

If the money is raised by taxation, then the burden will fall where it ought to fall, . . . and the rich and stingy will no longer be able to evade the duties of citizenship and of humanity.

I think that we should make the best of where we live and we all should be able to come back home to a place that is welcoming and represents who we are.

I think I'm a global citizen. My parents came from China, were educated in France and emigrated to the United States. And I think that opened up my mind to be able to live and work anywhere.

I watched 'A Chorus Line' over and over when I was growing up, to the point that I was able to recite the entire movie.

Simon Cowell is tight. That's why he's so successful - he's able to keep his money to himself.

I think that's a powerful thing, to be able to engage your audience and let them put some of themselves into the music.

I know that without treatment I would not have never been able to harness my creativity in such a successful way.