Ability Quotes - Page 18

• Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is not that relevant.

  Walter Gilbert

  Writing, Exercise, Relevant

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• I'm a Navy brat. You find that a lot of stage actors are Army or Navy brats, because they have the ability to make a big impression, make friends, and then leave just a few months later.

  John Michael Higgins

  Army, Navy, Stage Actors

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. June 23, 2011.

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• If you're going to play hockey now, you have to be able to play. If you have the ability to fight and play, you're an unbelievable commodity. But if you can only fight, there might be six of those guys left in the league, and I can guarantee they're going fast.

  Brett Hull

  Fighting, Hockey, Play

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• It's a sad indication of where Washington has come, where policy differences almost necessarily become questions of integrity. I came to Washington in the late '70s, and people had the ability in the past to have intense policy differences but didn't feel the need to question the other person's character.

  Eric Holder

  Integrity, Character, Past

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• When a woman gives birth to a child, the child needs to be able to digest the mother's milk; but when this child is old enough to begin to eat other foods, there is some switching off of this ability to consume milk.

  Marvin Harris

  Mother, Children, Giving

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• My grandfather on one side was trained as a cabinetmaker but eventually worked as a coachbuilder and then built cars. I inherited from him a love of cars, but with no technical ability whatsoever, sadly!

  Richard Hammond

  Car, Grandfather, Sides

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If we give people the ability to buy a lot more because they can store a lot more, for a company that creates TV shows and movies, that's fantastic.

  Bob Iger

  Tv Shows, People, Giving

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• I work hard and I party hard. When I go to work, I know what I am doing and I do it to the best of my abilities. When I party, I take exactly the same rule book with me.

  Rhys Ifans

  Party, Book, Hard Work

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• As a professional, I think we're not being judged solely on technical ability anymore. People really want to be entertained and enjoy what they're watching.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Thinking, People, Want

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• See, I'm a believer that people are born with a sense of cooking. It's something within them that really gives them the ability to create and to understand flavors.

  Roy Yamaguchi

  People, Giving, Cooking

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• It would be great to be able to follow in the footsteps of Bill Murray. I really respect his ability as a comedian, obviously, but even more so as an actor.

  Will Ferrell

  Comedian, Would Be, Actors

  Interview with Keith Phipps, film.avclub.com. October 29, 2003.

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• I'm able to come and do a new sound and grow even more and make greater songs because my song-making abilities have grown.

  Will Ferrell

  Song, Sound, Able

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I was never promised any special treatment or consideration for fingering star players. I was never coerced to provide information against anyone. All that I was ever told to was to tell the truth to the best of my ability. And that is what I have done.

  Jim Lehrer

  Stars, Player, Special

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• It's basically a city of songwriters and that's what gives it it's strength, that's what gives it its lasting ability. You've got people making all different kinds of music and that's what attracts me to Nashville as Music City.

  Emmylou Harris

  Nashville, Cities, People

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• If you are able to stop feeling sorry for yourself, and to contribute to the betterment of this world and of those around us, you will experience a high that is beyond my ability to express.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Sorry, Buddhism

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• How do you develop your psychic abilities? Well, to begin with, naturally, you have to want to and believe that it is possible.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Believe, Buddhism

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• As you evolve and develop your psychic abilities, you will enter into perceptions of life, truth, beauty and you will gain a power to live your life in an intelligent, perceptive and strong way.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Success, Strong

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• If you meditate your mind will become razor sharp. Your memory and retention will be superb. New talents and abilities will begin to unfold. You will become younger each day, yet wiser.

  Frederick Lenz

  Memories, Buddhism, Meditation

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• Learn to control your emotions. Be able to glide through them. By practicing concentration exercises and meditation, you will find that when strong emotions strike, you will gain the ability to not be swayed by them.

  Frederick Lenz

  Strong, Buddhism, Exercise

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• Self-confidence should be applied to wholesome actions,
  Overcoming of delusions and my ability to overcome them.
  Thinking, 'I alone shall do it'
  Is the self-confidence of action.

  Shantideva

  Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Thinking

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• Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling thier missions.

  Charles Garfield

  Determination, Missions, Performers

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• Many of us are fortunate to be blessed with the ability to succeed - not for our sole benefit, but so we may apply the result of our success to assist others.

  Frank McKinney

  Stay Strong, Blessed, Succeed

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• Maturity is the ability to live in someone else's world.

  Oren Arnold

  Maturity, World

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• I appreciate the boldness of gratitude in the quiet, unspoken depths and its ability to buoy another by being articulated.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Gratitude, Appreciate, Depth

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• Ask today as you consider the many choices in your view - what is the highest and best use of your talents, skills and abilities? When you answer that, seize the opportunity to sharpen those qualities even more sharply by applying your focused effort.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Opportunity, Views, Skills

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