Able Quotes

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing.

But happiness is being able to hope, however faintly, for happiness. So, at least, we must believe if we are to live in the world of today.

Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called Xbox 360.

I am able to love my God because He gives me freedom to deny Him.

I’ve always wanted to do the right thing by a horse, that’s never changed, its just that as my knowledge grew I’ve been able to offer the horse a better human being, as time has gone on.

Children should be able to live a life free from bullying and harassment and it is time that we all took a stand against this.

I did some film reviews for small papers in Finland and things like that to be able to keep living here.

You are successful if you are able to work on the kind of material that you want to - if your life conforms to your dreams, regardless of outside acceptance or acclaim.

We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life, a simple life, a good life.

We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency...

You have to be able to look back at your life and say, "Yeah, that was fun."

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.

Coming from a small town it was tough to dream big. When I grew up in a small town in Georgia, my biggest dream was one day to be able to go to Atlanta.

When you are able to love someone unconditionally , without reason, you can begin to understand God's unconditional love for you.

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

If not now, then when? If not you, then who? If we are able to answer these fundamental questions, then perhaps we can wipe away the blot of human slavery.

The greatest thing about having a child is putting yourself second in your own life. It's a massive gift to be able to say you're not the most important person to yourself.

You will never be able to find happiness if you stay attached to the wrong person and don't move on.

What keeps me going is that quest for just being able to be present and be myself. Not for people, but for me.

The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.

The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree?

There is so little time for us all; I need to be able to say what I want quickly and to as many people as possible.

I once believed that I possessed creative talent, but I have given up this idea; a woman must not desire to compose — there has never yet been one able to do it. Should I expect to be the one?

The level of achievement that we have at anything, is a reflection, of how well, we were able to focus on it. Because the only thing that's holding you back, is the way you're thinking.

We do not think and talk about what we see; we see what we are able to think and talk about.

The very "marks" on the bottom of a piece of rare crockery are able to throw me into a gibbering ecstasy.

So we just hope that all of these governors who are grappling will be able to provide the basic services to our citizens and not have to cut things that really are painful.

Skateboarding doesn't make you a skateboarder; not being able to stop skateboarding makes you a skateboarder.

I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves

Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer.

I like to know that when I'm 90 years old, I'm going to be able to look at a song or poem I wrote and say, "Wow! I remember I was so crazy about this person," or "I remember what that day felt like."

To be alive, to able to see, to walk...it's all a miracle. I have adapted the technique of living life from miracle to miracle.

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.

After each game, I want to be able to say: I gave it all I could, I gave it my best.

Earn as much money as you possibly can and as quickly as you can. The sooner you get money out of the way, the sooner you will be able to get to the rest of your problems in style.

Freedom to me is a luxury of being able to follow the path of the heart, to keep the magic in your life. Freedom is necessary for me in order to create, and if I cannot create I don’t feel alive.

They're like lips, they're like noses, they're like eyeballs, you should be able to have them out all the time if you want. Nipples are beautiful things, don't hide them.

The man who is ... physically able to handle pig-iron and is sufficiently ... stupid to choose this for his occupation is rarely able to comprehend the science of handling pig-iron

I guess living without love, without experiencing it or being able to give it is pretty strong punishment.

You have to be able to differentiate between the different areas of life. It shows that we're all separate people, we're all different, but we're all the same.

I haven't bought any leather articles for a very long time. My ideal is to be able to avoid all animal products, in food as well as clothing.

Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able to produce, not by the worst.

Unlike all the other art forms, film is able to seize and render the passage of time, to stop it, almost to possess it in infinity. I'd say that film is the sculpting of time.

No one is able to enjoy such feast than the one who throws a party in his own mind.

With the most primitive means the artist creates something which the most ingenious and efficient technology will never be able to create.

Women and girls should be able to determine their own future, no matter where they're born.

I want certain things out of life. I want my grand kids, my kids' kids, being able to inherit what I've worked so hard to build.

Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears. We are able to say, 'I have fallen, but I will get up.'

But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and just have a song right there with an acoustic guitar and a voice, and the song should be good.