Able Quotes - Page 139

Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's like not to be able to hear them. It's not that bad.

If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it.

The most able seems clumsy.

A person is either the effect of his environment or is able to have an effect upon his environment.

Collective states are constitutionally incapable of reliably producing anything but corpses.

Why were so many Americans treated by their government as though their lives were as disposable as facial tissues? Because that was the way authors customarily treated bit-part players in their made-up tales.

I'm a reasonable guy, but I've just experienced some very unreasonable things.

Human behavior is messy and unpredictable and unconcerned with convenient symmetries.

He wasn't very lovable but he was bloody efficient. (Packer talking about Genghis Khan)

All of life is more or less what the French would call s'imposer, to be able to create one's own terms for what one does.

Almost all politicians are able to have a great one-on-one meeting. But Im not interested in the candidate who can have a great meeting. Im interested in the person who can make the right decisions.

Of offering more than what I can deliver, I have a bad habit, it is true. But I have to offer more than I can deliver, To be able to deliver what I do.

Here's the real thing. Democrats got to understand that the first line in the Republican playbook is going to be smear, you know? And there's nobody who's going to be able to avoid it.

You hold precious what you create for yourself in your life that makes you comfortable.

I've been really fortunate to be able to do different kinds of films in different scales, different genres, different kinds of roles, and that is important to me.

Channel your outrage ... Do that which you are able to do.

I have no choice but to defend the most vulnerable among us.

I'd like to be able to experience things. That's the best thing for my work - to be somebody who does get to travel and observe people.

Socialism without democracy is unthinkable.

The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts.

Strength wasn‘t about being able to do everything alone. Strength was knowing when to ask for help and not being too proud to do it.

Many of the delicious soups you eat in French homes and little restaurants are made just this way, with a leek-and-potato base to which leftover vegetables or sauces and a few fresh items are added.

Little kids are amazing. They seem able to adjust to anything.

Ive had more of an opportunity to work with Katie Holmes, which is incredibly enjoyable. I think she is really one of the best actresses on the market right now. She forces you to bring your best stuff to the table, because if you dont, she just completely overpowers you.

What I do instead is I will cheerfully spend literally hours on identifier names: variable names, method names, and so forth, to make my code readable. If you read some expression using these identifiers and it reads like an English sentence, your program is much more likely to be correct, and much easier to maintain.