Able Quotes

My grandmother used to say, "Sometimes the loudest person in the room doesn't know what they're talking about." Or isn't secure enough in his or her own views to be able to listen to others.

I've been able to do a lot of things a lot of people haven't, that other people would dream of. I've been able to live out my fantasies, and dreams! So, I'm real lucky.

Sometimes love means not being able to bear seeing the one you love the way they are, when they're not what you hoped for them.

With the Law of Creation in play, you not only see the abundance and opportunity that surrounds you. You're able to TAKE it.

The themes Poe used were universal and timeless. As long as the English language exists at all, we will be able to appreciate what he did. It will not age! It will not become dated!

To be a leader you must be able to create positive change.

I'm aware of how lucky I am. Being able to make pretty good money, and get to do a lot of fun work, and at the same time I'm not besieged by photographers.

All God's religions ... have not been able to put mankind back together again.

One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well

At what point does a man turn into a monster? I don’t believe that it’s when he does horrible things, but when he accepts that he’s able to do them, and that he does them well.

I am short a cheek-bone and an ear, but am able to whip all hell yet.

The individual who is best prepared for any occupation is the one able to adapt himself to any situation.

I wish I could go tell 12-year-old me like I don't worry that you just fainted in front of all the girls, one day you'll be able to make this into an episode of TV.

Now unto him who is able to strengthen you … be glory.

Whether to the nation or to the state, no service can be or ever will be rendered by a more able or a more faithful public servant.

What kind of god is it that some human brain can shatter the illusions that have been built up around such a deity? God's a mystery. I'll never be able to tell you what God is.

Adaptability is being able to adjust to any situation at any given time.

It's a very nice thing to be able to give joy to people.

It's not completely inconceivable that someday you'll be able to download your own memories.

Consumers all over the world will be able to flip open their phones and see their favorite Warner Music videos.

Usually I'm able to imagine something and it comes out as I imagined, more or less.

If we do the kind of common-sense public health measures we know work, we ought to be able to stop it from being a global pandemic.

My favorite thing is being able to travel around the world and perform for my fans. I think I've lost 80 percent of my hearing. I definitely have very loud fans.

I'm a singer and as long as I can sing - which, thank God, is something that I still seem to be able to do - I'd like to carry on making records.

One reason we would use plant medicine: to be able to take care of the body as a whole. Another reason is that it is accessible, approachable, and requires few invasive methods.

The art of an actress is sublimated sexuality. But off the stage the fire must be able to reconvert the steam into body.

To have no ideas and being able to express them is the essence of journalism.

I was lucky enough to be able to grow and mature in a natural way as an actress.

All true readers have a book, a moment when real life is never going to be able to compete with fiction again.

I think fashion in motion is going to happen. I think that's the way things are going, but there are people who will still want to see a picture and to be able to hold it.

What a gift of grace to be able to take the chaos from within and from it create some semblance of order.

I have always been able to rise above the expectations.

Mel Bochner was able to give me the tools to look at those types of experiences, register them with my own, but also hold them far enough away to see them 360.

You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.

Let’s just say that being able to contact ghosts makes for some very interesting ménages á trios… and ménages á quartre, and ménages á … whatever five is in French. ~Jaime Vegas

I didn't think that wave was going to offer a ton, ... But the wave just held form, and I was able to get a lot out of it.

They did type me as a horror writer, but I have been able to do all sorts of things within that framework.

Hey, don't knock Judy Blume. Without her, my younger self would never have been able to decode the random acts of madness perpetrated by the fascinating creature known as the teenage girl.

Art is something that everyone should be able to have access to.

I knew that if I did not start chanting with people, that I would never be able to clean out the dark corners of my own heart. I knew it with every cell in my body and mind.

I love Vince McMahon. He came up with the character. He ran with it, and then I was able to run with it. I thank him for the opportunity he gave me. Vince McMahon was one of my best friends, period.

But what is madness, if not being able to control your own mind?

I enjoy working with images of maps, flags, and different cultures around the world. I've always liked geography and geopolitics and it's fun to be able to play with the world political order.

I'm such a fan of Idina Menzel! I think she's made a wonderful career in this business. I love her so much, and any role she's played, I'd love to be able to follow in her footsteps.

I love watching track and field - the 4x100 relay, the 100-(meter) dash, the 200-(meter) dash. To see what they're able to do, I love watching that.

What goes on between a father and a son, which is usually such a private matter, is that they are able to be honest with each other, and be honest with me, as a director. Its just remarkable.

We must ensure that every worker has healthcare and is able to save for their retirement. We must ensure that our workers have safe and health working conditions.

I suppose it's part of being a good politician to be able to spot the most important men in any group without outside assistance.

I am happy to be able to be part of this Rock'n'Blues Fest as the first tour since the amputation of my right leg. I hope this gives me a leg up on the new year!

Officers in command of colored troops are in constant habit of pressing all able-bodied slaves into the military service of the U.S.