Able Quotes - Page 112

Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it—just as we have learned to live with storms.

There are neither winners nor losers; there are only stages that must be gone through. When the human heart understands this, it is free and able to accept difficult times without being deceived by moments of glory

Her only flair is in her nostrils.

I have not had the chance to go out there and do myself justice in an Olympic marathon yet. I have not been able to get to an Olympic marathon injury-free yet.

If we do not redefine manhood, war is inevitable.

The most unbelievable thing about my behaviour is that I was convinced it was entirely f**king normal.

He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do so. The very idea of being able, weakens the desire.

To be able to shut off your emotions drastically, I think that the only way you can do that is if you have some of sociopathic qualities.

Marriage was invented to make girls miserable. I will never get married again, not ever again.

Left-wingers are incapable of conspiring because they are all egomaniacs.

....nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.

If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace.

The kingdom of God is available to you in the here and the now. But the question is whether you are available to the kingdom.

I think that everyone is saying all kinds of things about 'rich.' Not only am I rich from doing some of things I've been able to do, but I'm rich in spirit. I'm rich in health. I'm rich in every way possible.

There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.

A work of art is one through which the consciousness of the artist is able to give its emotions to anyone who is prepared to receive them.

Most music is metaphor, but Wolff is not. I am not metaphor either. Parable, maybe. Cage is sermon.

In the realm of totalitarian kitsch, all answers are given in advance and preclude any questions.

My whole life has been merely a succession of miserable and unsuccessful denials of feelings or reason.

If you're a professional, you'll make it work. You can be like, 'I'm not going to do that, I'm going to do it where I'm satisfied.' But I'm very comfortable being uncomfortable so I just go for it.

Be impeccable with your words

Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children.

Being able to do something that's never been done before, that's what I've always wanted to do. . . . There was nothing that was going to stand in my way of being the first.

Instant gratification is not soon enough.

Our strength will continue if we allow ourselves the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable.