Capacity Quotes - Page 6

• Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

  Plautus

  Wisdom, Reality, Age

  "Trinummus". Play by Plautus, Act II, sc. 2, line 88,

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• Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Imagination, Innovation

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• Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women.

  Kate Smith

  Loyal, Middle, Stability

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• In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people of the United States of America. And nobody has gone about it in such an aggressive way.

  Alan Watts

  America, People, United States

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• My capacity for happiness," he added, "you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first

  Douglas Adams

  Firsts, Fit, Paranoid

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.355, Pan Macmillan

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• It's an epitome of life. The first half of it consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Birthday, Getting Older

  "Mark Twain's Letters".

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• On a perfect planet such as might be acceptable to a physicist, one might predict that from its origin the diversity of life would grow exponentially until the carrying capacity, however defined, was reached. The fossil record on Earth, however, tells a very different story.

  Simon Conway Morris

  Life, Science, Perfect

  "Peter D. Ward, Donald Brownlee Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe, Springer Science & Business Media, p. 83". en.wikiquote.org. December 10, 2003.

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• Engineering is not merely knowing and being knowledgeable, like a walking encyclopedia; engineering is not merely analysis; engineering is not merely the possession of the capacity to get elegant solutions to non-existent engineering problems; engineering is practicing the art of the organizing forces of technological change ... Engineers operate at the interface between science and society.

  Gordon S. Brown

  Art, Knowledge, Science

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• We call ourselves a "capacity building" organization; self-motivated and self-initiated capacity building. For example, in 30 years, I don't think I have signed a check for the company.

  Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

  Motivational, Thinking, Self

  "The Grass is Greener ... On Both Sides". Jordan Business magazine, December 2006.

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• Because a thing is difficult for you, do not therefore suppose it to be beyond mortal power. On the contrary, if anything is possible and proper for man to do, assume that it must fall within your own capacity.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Fall, Power, Men

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• Congress needs strong parties, but it also needs the capacity to deal with budget and entitlement challenges that are likely beyond the reach of pure partisan exertion.

  David Price

  Strong, Party, Challenges

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• I know I have the mental capacity of a thousand bloggers, but because of that, my obligation to serve God is also that of a thousand bloggers

  Mickey Kaus

  Obligation, Serving God, Thousand

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• We are simply human beings. So it is important for us to treat each other in that capacity.

  Justin Sane

  Important, Treats, Humans

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• Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and least, experience. Without integrity, motivation is dangerous; without motivation, capacity is impotent; without capacity, understanding is limited; without understanding, knowledge is meaningless; without knowledge, experience is blind. Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all the other qualities.

  Dee Hock

  Motivational, Integrity, Knowledge

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• Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives.

  Gerry Adams

  Republican, Sinn Fein, Vehicle

  Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books

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• I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative capacity of - of American capitalism.

  Warren Buffett

  Thinking, Important, American Capitalism

  "Warren Buffett on Recession, Taxing the Rich, and Capitalism's 'Regenerative Capacity'". Interview with Becky Quick, www.cnbc.com. September 22, 2010.

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• I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.

  Umberto Eco

  Reading, Different, Poetic

  Umberto Eco (1994). “The Name of the Rose”, p.545, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.

  John Irving

  Like Being Alone, Spend Time

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• Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspiring, Encouragement, Powerful

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

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• Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

  Leo Rosten

  Inspirational, Courage

  Leo Rosten (1978). “Passions & Prejudices: Or, Some of My Best Friends are People”

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• Since God knows our future, our personalities, and our capacity to listen, He isn't ever going to say more to us than we can deal with at the moment.

  Charles Stanley

  Prayer, Personality, Moments

  Charles Stanley (2002). “How to Listen to God”, p.76, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old!

  May Sarton

  Baby, Thinking, Genius

  May Sarton (2014). “Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing: A Novel”, p.63, Open Road Media

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• My dear Miss Glory, Robots are not people. They are mechanically more perfect than we are, they have an astounding intellectual capacity, but they have no soul.

  Karel Capek

  People, Perfect, Missing

  Karel Capek (2004). “R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)”, p.28, Penguin

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• Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.

  Eddie Rickenbacker

  Airplane, Impossible, Aviation

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• The poem . . . is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life.

  Robert Penn Warren

  Meaningful, Writing, Men

  1958 In the Saturday Review, 22 Mar.

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