Ability To See Quotes - Page 5

• You want us to step in and render a decision based on an assessment of the effects of this institution which is newer than cellphones or the Internet?

  Samuel Alito

  Mean, Gay, Assessment

  "California's Proposition 8 Gets Its Day In The Supreme Court". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. March 26, 2013.

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• Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin.

  Ned Rorem

  Humor, Two Sides, Flipping A Coin

  Ned Rorem (2013). “Setting the Tone: Essays and a Diary”, p.149, Open Road Media

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• The immensity of the universe didn’t suddenly change, but our ability to see and understand this truth changed dramatically. And with that greater light, mankind was introduced to glorious vistas we had never before imagined.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Light, Immensity, Vistas

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• Clarity is the perception of wisdom and the ability to see the soul in action in the physical world. It turns pain into suffering and evaporates fear. Clarity allows you to see the world of physical matter for what it is, a learning experience that is created jointly by the intentions of the souls that share it.

  Gary Zukav

  Pain, Soul, Perception

  FaceBook post by Gary Zukav from Mar 10, 2015

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• The ability to see our lives as stories rather than unrelated, random events increases the possibility for significant and purposeful action.

  Daniel Taylor

  Events, Stories, Action

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• I'm not going out and hitting a 95-mph fastball where I can't see the stitches. I'm not on a professional football team looking to tackle a fullback who is built like solid wood. I'm a thinking person, and I've been blessed with the ability to see some things and talk about them in a way that registers in a humorous and funny way.

  Bill Cosby

  Thanksgiving, Football, Team

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• The ability to see the good in others and the bad in ourselves is perfect vision.

  John Wooden

  Perfect, Vision, Ability

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• What we have now is a communication ability. We have the ability to see working ideas that are going on in the great cities throughout the world and whether you live in Shanghai or you live in Sao Paulo, you have the ability of seeing and knowing the ideas of some of the greatest minds of our generation.

  Kehinde Wiley

  Communication, Cities, Ideas

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• The diminution of the reality of class, however socially desirable in many respects, seems to have the practical effect of diminishing our ability to see people in their difference and specialness.

  Lionel Trilling

  Reality, Class, Differences

  Lionel Trilling (2012). “The Liberal Imagination”, p.262, New York Review of Books

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• Nursing demands vigilance about people. The sights and smells that a patient offers, their movements and their offhand comments all contribute crucial information to understanding what they need. Training and experience heighten one's ability to see what needs to be seen.

  Steven Amsterdam

  Nursing, Sight, Smell

  "How to Make a Bed" by Steven Amsterdam, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 20, 2013.

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• I believe that the development of language - of naming, categorization, conceptualization - destroys our ability to see as we age.

  Chris Ware

  Believe, Age, Development

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• Power is strength and the ability to see yourself through your own eyes and not through the eyes of another. It is being able to place a cicle of power at your own feet and not take power from someone else's circle.

  Lynn Andrews

  Eye, Power, Circles

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• Investing is not as tough as being a top-notch bridge player. All it takes is the ability to see things as they really are.

  Warren Buffett

  Player, Bridges, Investing

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• Symphony is the ability to see the big picture, connect the dots, combine disparate things into something new. Visual artists in particular are good at seeing how the pieces come together. I experienced this myself by trying to learn to draw.

  Daniel H. Pink

  Artist, Symphony, Trying

  "Why right-brainers will rule this century". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.cnn.com. May 7, 2009.

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• People with vision master the ability to see through to the heart of issues and investments. They value transparency.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Heart, Issues, People

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• If you don't have the ability to see when to stand up and the conviction to do it, you'll never be an effective leader.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leader, Conviction, Ability

  John C. Maxwell (2006). “Motivated to Succeed: Inspirational Selections from John C. Maxwell”, p.57, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Life itself, every bit of health that we enjoy, every hour of liberty and free enjoyment, the ability to see, to hear, to speak, to think, and to imagine- all this comes from the hand of God. We show our gratitude by giving back to Him a part of that which He has given to us.

  Billy Graham

  Gratitude, Thinking, Hands

  Billy Graham (2010). “Unto the Hills: A Daily Devotional”, p.151, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I'm very, very confident in my ability to see the game - even before it's played.

  LeBron James

  Basketball, Nba, Games

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• Tact is the great ability to see other people as they think you see them.

  Carl Zuckmayer

  Thinking, People, Ability

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• The future of life on Earth depends on our ability to see the sacred where others see only the common

  John Denver

  Earth, Sacred, Common

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• Talent--that is to say, the ability to see the world in a unique way--matures and grows in isolation.

  Mieczyslaw Jastrun

  Unique, World, Way

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• Clarity is the ability to see the soul in action in the physical world.

  Gary Zukav

  Soul, World, Action

  FaceBook post by Gary Zukav from Dec 05, 2014

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• Shopping online is fantastic for comparison shopping, because never before have you had the ability to see all the prices offered from everybody at one time.

  Unknown

  Shopping, Online, Fantastic

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• There is this tendency to think that if you could only find the magic way, then you could become a poet. "Tell me how to become a poet. Tell me what to do." . . . What makes you a poet is a gift for language, an ability to see into the heart of things, and an ability to deal with important unconscious material. When all these things come together, you're a poet. But there isn't one little gimmick that makes you a poet. There isn't any formula for it.

  Erica Jong

  Heart, Thinking, Magic

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• Exorcists always need to distinguish demonic possessions from mental or psychiatric disorders, and they use three symptoms to identify people as possessed. First, those people have the ability to see hidden sacred objects, which they always want removed. Second, they have an extraordinary physical strength. And third, they show an aversion to the sacred

  Gerard Verschuuren

  People, Evil, Three

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