Able Quotes - Page 47

An awakened imagination works with a purpose. It creates and conserves the desirable, and transforms or destroys the undesirable.

In the mind of a woman for whom no place is home the thought of an end to all flight is unbearable.

Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.

Only if we are capable of dwelling, only then can we build

You supposed to be able to do anything in this world. That's what Martin Luther King told me.

As a civilised society, we have a duty to support those among us who are vulnerable and in need. When times are hard, that duty should be felt more than ever, not disappear or diminish.

You have to do three things really well to make a successful film. You have to tell a compelling story that has a story that is unpredictable, that keeps people on the edge of their seat where they can't wait to see what happens next. You then populate that story with really memorable and appealing characters. And then, you put that story and those characters in a believable world, not realistic but believable for the story that you're telling.

My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It was like having a dog on a leash.

Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.

Nowadays music is as disposable as a McDonald's wrapper.

I was able to overcome this because of the fans who waited for me. I promise not to disappoint you anymore.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

If you want to grow, find a good opportunity. Today, if you want to be a great company, think about what social problem you could solve.

When the time comes for you to make a change or to grow, the universe will make you so uncomfortable you will eventually have no choice.

I think all sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.

‎Not having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that's the same as rejecting them, as being scornful about them.

You breathe in and out; you breathe in and you breathe out, and you live one moment into the next moment, and then time goes by, and you find you're able to put one foot in front of the other.

Although knowledge of structure is helpful, real creativity comes from leaps of faith in which you jump to something illogical. But those leaps form the memorable moments in movies and plays.

I wish I could pass my life at the foot of the holy tabernacles in which our adorable Saviour dwells.

It is enjoyable to make things visible which are invisible.

It's not always about survival, this life we are given; it's usually so much easier than that. It's about trusting the eternal life force that is flowing within us-letting that force lead the way through all of the inevitable changes we will face across the span of our time here on Earth.

The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.

I choose to listen to the river for a while, thinking river thoughts, before joining the night and the stars.

Colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to the canvas.

I talk too much because I have been made so miserable by what you are keeping hushed.