Benjamin Carson Quotes

If we recognize our talents and use them appropriately, and choose a field that uses those talents, we will rise to the top of our field.

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• To what extent has each one of us contributed to the rise in violence and hatred?

  

  Laura Esquivel
  • Violence
  • Hatred
  • Rise

• You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.

  

  Parker Posey
  • People
  • Know
  • For Her

• I can't take the subway anymore. I think I can still take the bus, though. It's a double-edged sword because I'm grateful that people recognize and support me, but there are definite downsides to that.

  

  Park Bo-gum
  • People
  • Support
  • Grateful

• The hardest times to choose love are the very times when you can most grow spiritually. In fact, they are the only times you can grow spiritually!

  

  Gary Zukav
  • Love
  • For Her
  • Choose

• I mix talents and friendship, which is not very professional, but it's my way of thinking. So I love Azzedine Alaia, because I've known him for 30 years, and he's making my dresses most of the time.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Time
  • Professional
  • Friendship

• If you so choose, every mistake can lead to greater understanding and effectiveness. If you so choose, every frustration can help you to be more patient and more persistent.

  

  Ralph Marston
  • Help
  • Understanding
  • Mistake

• I do believe that the states have the right to make the definition of marriage, and each state can define it as they so choose through their elected representatives.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • Believe
  • Marriage
  • Choose

• All serial killers want to win. They choose victims they can kill successfully.

  

  Pat Brown
  • Want
  • Win
  • Choose

• We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.

  

  Dag Hammarskjold
  • Destiny
  • Choose
  • Brainy

• With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750 or 800 pounds, and still have as much surplus power as we had originally allowed for in the first estimate of 550 pounds.

  

  Orville Wright
  • Power
  • Horse
  • Rise

• I think that nationality has no relation to that which gives rise to manga. Even among the Japanese, manga creators are making their creations everyday reflecting their own individuality, with none being the same. What is important isn't the differences between the creators but their love for manga.

  

  Natsuki Takaya
  • Important
  • Think
  • Relation

• If I really had to pinpoint my happiest days out of the United States, I'd choose those Fifties military days in Britain, particularly my time in South Ruislip. I had a ball.

  

  Larry Hagman
  • Time
  • Military
  • Choose

• The word 'spinster' tells you everything you need to know about our attitude of women who choose not to marry.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Women
  • Attitude
  • Choose

• The rise of ISIS in Iraq is a wider threat to the stability of the Middle East and the West than many realise.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Rise
  • Stability
  • Middle East

• The 18,000 NASA employees are full of galactic talents and abilities and are ready to accomplish whatever they're directed to do.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Ready
  • Accomplish
  • Talents

• Men may rise on stepping stones of their dead selves to higher things.

  

  Zane Grey
  • Men
  • May
  • Dead

• We've seen a tremendous rise in the level of anti-Muslim bigotry in our society - and against minorities of all kinds - but we've also seen a tremendous rise in support.

  

  Ibrahim Hooper
  • Society
  • Support
  • Rise

• I choose the places I go to carefully and wisely. I'll rarely go to a shopping mall anymore.

  

  Fran Drescher
  • Choose
  • Shopping
  • Places

• We have the ability to choose, we are God's higher form of creation, we surpass all other forms of life and we don't use the mental faculties we've been given. We don't even understand what we are capable of doing. School doesn't teach us anything about ourselves. So the more we learn about ourselves, the more we take control over our life.

  

  Bob Proctor
  • School
  • Control
  • Teach

• I can't swim but if my girlfriend was drowning, I'd still dive in to save her.

  

  Zayn Malik One Direction
  • Girlfriend
  • Swim
  • Dive

• In 'Stree', I had a great time working with the whole team and Dinu, being the producer and one of the most important people. And now we are doing another film together, and I'm sure there will be a couple of more films in the future.

  

  Rajkummar Rao
  • Important
  • Couple
  • Working

• Dyslexia, though, made me realise that people who say 'but you can't do that' aren't actually very important. I don't take 'no' too seriously.

  

  Richard Rogers
  • Important
  • Seriously
  • Actually

• Around age 11 or 12, I started playing jazz bass. From there, I went to electric bass and then guitar, which I kept up for a long time.

  

  Joshua Roman
  • Age
  • Guitar
  • Jazz

• If we recognize our talents and use them appropriately, and choose a field that uses those talents, we will rise to the top of our field.

  

  Benjamin Carson
  • Choose
  • Recognize
  • Rise