Able Quotes - Page 69

On the surface, an intelligible lie; underneath, the unintelligible truth.

Everybody who really does what he is capable of, is a hero

Designers take care of everything around us. Everything that is around us, this table, this chair, this lamp, this pen has been designed. All of these things, everything has been designed by somebody.

. . . the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.

BASICS OF DIET AND HEALTH The basic principles of good diets are so simple that I can summarize them in just ten words: eat less, move more, eat lots of fruits and vegetables. For additional clarification, a five-word modifier helps: go easy on junk foods.

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

Having an education is invaluable.

I don't have that much experience in the studio, but I'm always really uncomfortable when I'm there. You're on the clock and it costs a lot of money.

If we must disagree, let's disagree without being disagreeable.

If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision.

I'm very comfortable in the storm.

That's the ultimate thing I want to do in making music - to be able to inspire somebody else.

This guy says, "I'm perfect for you, 'cause I'm a cross between a macho man and a sensitive man." I said, "Oh, a gay trucker?"

If you can't control what you think, you will not be able to control what you do.

Poetry has never let me down. Without poetry, I would have found life less comprehensible, less bearable and infinitely less enjoyable.

Personel selection is decisive. People are our most valuable capital.

It's not a gift of mine, but one given to me, to be able to criticise myself and not be crushed, by myself or by others.

A capacity to change is indispensable. Equally indispensable is the capacity to hold fast to that which is good.

Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.

Maximum growth and high ideals are not incompatible. They’re inseparable.

The impossible we do immediately. The unimaginable takes a little while.

Journalism is the only thinkable alternative to working.

You can't handle the truth!

As soon as you tolerate something, it becomes bearable, and before long it will become common.

A Vulgar Mechanick can practice what he has been taught or seen done, but if he is in an error he knows not how to find it out and correct it, and if you put him out of his road he is at a stand. Whereas he that is able to reason nimbly and judiciously about figure, force, and motion, is never at rest till he gets over every rub. (from a letter dated 25 May, 1694)