Able Quotes - Page 40

With some notable exceptions, businessmen favor free enterprise in general but are opposed to it when it comes to themselves.

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.

Make your wardrobe as versatile as an actress. It should be able to play many roles.

All sorts of dung and compost contain some matter which, when mixed with the soil, ferments therein; and by such ferment dissolves, crumbles, and divides the earth very much. This is the chief and almost only use of dung. ... This proves, that its (manure) use is not to nourish, but to dissolve, i.e., divide the terrestrial matter, which affords nourishment to the Mouths of vegetable roots. His underestimate of the value of manure.

The power of determination will make you unstoppable.

Ask many of us who are disabled what we would like in life and you would be surprised how few would say, 'Not to be disabled.' We accept our limitations.

SUCCESS is being able to come home, lay your head on the pillow and SLEEP in PEACE.

I would like to be able to gently drift in and out of existence when I wanted to.

I read that Buddha was able to see all of his past lives, and I realized the only way any of these people could do that is by being outside of time.

One must be able to say at all times--instead of points, straight lines, and planes--tables, chairs, and beer mugs

Almost any questions can be answered,cheaply, quickly and finally, by a test campaign. And that's he way to answer them - not by arguments around a table

Only those who are capable of silliness can be called truly intelligent.

An organisation that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.

Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.

Fruitful and acceptable worship begins before it begins.

In my view this is not democracy, but a zoo.... It was exactly what we expected, but not on that scale nor in that form. In a word, it was nothing but a zoo, you can't put it better

The adults were completely wrong.

When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.

A diet rich in fruits and vegetables plays a role in reducing the risk of all the major causes of illness and death

That's always stuck with me, with music. I've never really gotten jaded about it. I've always loved music for the sake of doing it, and the longer I do it, the more I like it. Hopefully, I'll be able to have that same point of view in this business, or at least with doing this.

I'm more comfortable in heels than I am in sneakers.

Compulsive modernization is the insatiable desire to change and grow.

Everybody should be able to listen to the kind of music they want.

What is necessary, after all, is only this: solitude, vast inner solitude. To walk inside yourself and meet no one for hours-that is what you must be able to attain. To be solitary as you were when you were a child.

Rumination tends to be eased if we learn to be mindful; if we are able to be aware of, and understand how our own thoughts work.