Able Quotes - page 4

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate. (Elbert Hubbard)
A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything. View quote
Max Eastman
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
An organisation that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only. View quote
Bjarne Stroustrup
To be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice. View quote
Martial
Philosophy treats of physics where a more careful knowledge is required because the problems which come under this head are numerous... So the reader of Ctesibius or Archimedes and the other writers of treatises of the same class will not be able to appreciate them unless he has been trained in these subjects by the philosophers. View quote
Vitruvius
Music, also, the architect ought to understand so that he may have knowledge of the canonical and mathematical theory, and besides be able to tune ballistae, catapultae, and scorpiones to the proper key. For to the right and left in the beams are the holes in the frames through which the strings of twisted sinew are stretched by means of windlasses and bars, and these strings must not be clamped and made fast until they give the same correct note to the ear of the skilled workman. View quote
Vitruvius
Although I was able to maintain a pleasant expression, I was mentally throwing up in her face. View quote
Augusten Burroughs
I would say that to put architecture in the chain of history, to be able to interpret and understand why we are where we are, is quite crucial. View quote
Rafael Moneo
Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power. View quote
Ulrich Beck
A formally recognized equality does, however, accord the smaller nations a position which they should be able to use increasingly in the interest of humanity as a whole and in the service of the ideal. (Hjalmar Branting)
When you're a child, the most important thing is to be able to live a life of comfort. You want to be sure that the moon goes up at night and the sun comes up in the morning and dad comes home from work. View quote
Keegan-Michael Key
You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty. View quote
Jessica Mitford
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves. View quote
Mahatma Gandhi
There is no joy equal to that of being able to work for all humanity and doing what you're doing well. View quote
Buckminster Fuller
Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe. View quote
Thomas Jefferson
Gallantry to women the sure road to their favor is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it. View quote
William Hazlitt
One has to be able to count, if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty. View quote
Maxim Gorky
If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect. View quote
Maimonides
The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to make so much out of them afterwards. View quote
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
To say "I love you" one must first be able to say the "I." (Ayn Rand)
The US government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. View quote
Edward Snowden
I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future. View quote
Maurice Ashley
If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision. View quote
Leó Szilárd
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all. View quote
William Makepeace Thackeray