Ability Quotes
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I have been presented with roles with demand not just a physical ability but mental disciplines as well. 'Memoirs of a Geisha' was not so much about physical exertion...it was much more graceful and contained than that.
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I never knew anyone who came close to Marilyn in natural ability to use both photographer and still camera. She was special in this, and for me there has been no one like her before or after. She has remained the measuring rod by which I have - unconsciously - judged other subjects.
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I am my own worst critic and I am hell to pay so I just have to do everything to my utmost ability.
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When it came down to technical skill and ability of the two teams, Croatia were far superior.
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My philosophy has always been to do the job I do to the very best of my ability and to be myself within it.
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Having a sequence of the human genome is good, but our ability to interpret it was limited. The mouse sequence provides, for the first time, an ability to determine what matters and what doesn't in the human genome.
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I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.
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Producing the vibration of love is based on your ability to feel deep pain...go into those feelings...and to find peace once again.
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The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.
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All cities have one key resource: the special abilities of the people who live in them. You just have to find out what they are. In the Australian city of Adelaide, for example, which is overshadowed by Sydney and Melbourne, I discovered a number of experts in the penal system. I advised them to work with these special skills.
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The government's ability to select scientists and pick things that are fairly strange, because politicians don't like failures. They're only in office a short term, and many of these things take a long time.
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He felt that both parts of his life were continually ‘spying on each other’, and developed the ability to step into and out of either world.
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Hoods are good parts because they're always flashy and attract attention. If you've got any ability, you can use that as a stepping stone.
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Effective leaders have the ability to consistently move themselves and others to action because they understand the “invisible forces” that shape us
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The power of god has given men the ability to realize that he does not exist.
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I have the same confidence in the ability of our people to reject noxious literature as I have in their capacity to sort out the true from the false in theology, economics, or any other field.
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I don't believe in disabilities, I believe in ability.
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Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy.
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Here was a man with loads of talent, loads of ability, lots of love to give; but that had been stifled and aborted. I became very fond of that character.
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The players on the team are the reason why we win. You don't have to treat them all identically; they're not going to be all the same. Your ability to lead and motivate those guys differently is important.
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From the beginning of the Radiation Laboratory, I have had the rare good fortune of being in the center of a group of men of high ability, enthusiastic and completely devoted to scientific pursuits.
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I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s so easy to … begin thinking you can just ‘turn it on’ automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you’re there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, ‘More than ability, they have character.'
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Any time you have an individual who is very confident in their abilities to persuade, there can be a rude awakening under cross-examination.
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Sex is more than an act of pleasure, it’s the ability to be able to feel so close to a person, so connected, so comfortable that it’s almost breathtaking to the point you feel you can’t take it. And at this moment you’re a part of them.
