Able Quotes

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.

When people say that entertainers should "know your place," they might as well say the same thing about plumbers and teachers and cab drivers. We all should be able to express our views.

Thousands of important and intelligent men have never been able to grasp the principle of comparative advantage or believe it even after it was explained to them

I'm not concentrated or concerned with any other factors rather than just being able to do the best job that I can.

One day I'll be able to relax a bit, and try and become a good composer.

I feel like if I ever got into some sort of rumble on the street, I will actually be able to defend myself.

I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism. Despite the general pessimistic attitude in the world today, I am nothing but an optimist.

I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism.

I feel like Im able to relate to all races of people because when you learn to tap into the raw emotion of a person, that goes past color.

Live boldly. Laugh Loudly. Love Truly. Play as often as you can Work as smart as you are able. Share your heart as deeply as you can reach.

Go into the auto mechanic, youve got to know computers to be able to work on the cars.

You have to be able to make a real creative life for Yourself, before you can expect anyone Else to provide one ready-made for you.

I knew that I had done something that no man had been able to do to a champion.

I have never been able to carry out any work coolly. On the contrary it is done, so to speak, with my own blood.

I feel good, and the way I determine it is through my workout. I work so hard in the offseason that if I'm able to do everything I have to, I figure I must be healthy.

I get to go to all these beautiful places, so it's nice being able to take pictures of it.

You'll always have to fight for what you want. Definitely crossing over and being able to tackle these grittier parts was a challenge, but I feel like I've done it! It's a whole new chapter.

We will able to overcome all that because five of us were together and not alone.

It is a higher exhibition of Christian manliness to be able to bear trouble than to get rid of it.

It's a very important skill set for an actor to be able to bring the humor into any moment, whether you're doing drama or comedy.

I was able to change my life by knowing that if somebody does something good for you, you have to respond.

So far as he is able, a prince should stick to the path of good but, if the necessity arises, he should know how to follow evil.

The best way for me to protect you is to encourage you to be able to protect yourself.

Even a small amount of perspective can change our lives. Because even the smallest amount of perspective can change how we are able to navigate hard times.

What exile from his country is able to escape from himself?

Unless you are prepared to give up something valuable you will never be able to truly change at all, because you'll be forever in the control of things you can't give up.

My marriage is the most important thing in my life, but in a weird way I'm able to focus on other things more clearly by having it in my life.

You have to be able to love yourself because that's when things fall into place.

I can barely walk, but it's a privilege to be able to move at all.

The best thing is being able to perform in front of people and to express my feelings, whatever they may be at the time. Just to be able to make the world a happier place to be.

Liberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being able to make any of these systems triumph.

I just don't analyze what I do, because I'm afraid I won't be able to do it anymore. I'm sort of superstitious. And that's why I've never looked back at any movie I've done.

I was heartened to hear the President say that as we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels.

I needed to be able to hear the mix before you do - that's when I came up with the "peek-a-boo" system.

You need to be happy with yourself or you'll never be able to be happy in a relationship.

Ultimately, power only really listens to power, and if government is to be improved, we must be able to threaten its existence, not merely its reputation.

The Christian needs to walk in peace, so no matter what happens they will be able to bear witness to a watching world.

Don't worry, Alan. At least you'll be able to play close to a great team. (to Alan Ball, who'd just signed for Everton)

I had written childrens books for 14 years before I published Wicked. And none of them were poorly reviewed, and none of them sold enough for me to be able to buy a bed.

No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'.

There's nothing glorious about being a professional. . . . Professionalism probably comes down to being able to work on a bad day.

Great is journalism. Is not every able editor a ruler of the world, being the persuader of it?

There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to work a maximum of 35-40 weeks a year.

You can't listen to the news. You have to go with the facts. You need to use a logical approach and have the discipline to apply it. You must be able to control your emotions.

Rome is the one great spiritual organisation which is able to resist and must, as a matter of life and death, the progress of science and modern civilization

There are a lot of areas where we cooperate, fight against ISIL, for example. Here, Germany was able to contribute to a certain extent in certain areas.

I'm not sure that I am able to feel embarrassment.

In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.

If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the bad things?

The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody.