Famous Quotes & Sayings

If you simply cannot make the right decision, make a decision and then make it right.

If you want it to happen, you must make it happen. If you let it happen, you won't like what happened

If you want good people to be in those places, and they are making very important decisions, you want them to have the ability to do that kind of work without the fear of personal injuries.

INNATE, adj. Natural, inherent --as innate ideas, that is to say, ideas that we are born with, having had them previously imparted to us. The doctrine of innate ideas is one of the most admirable faiths of philosophy, being itself an innate idea and therefore inaccessible to disproof, though Locke foolishly supposed himself to have given it ""a black eye."" Among innate ideas may be mentioned the belief in one's ability to conduct a newspaper, in the greatness of one's country, in the superiority of one's civilization, in the importance of one's personal affairs and in the interesting nature of one's diseases.

In a dictatorship where Gadhafi controls the strings, he can make sure that the things he wants to give priority to are given money. There are no constraints on his ability to assist movements that he considers useful.

Elizabeth Dole

Inadequate funding limits the number of staff at headquarters and in key states. It restricts your ability to communicate with voters. It places a ceiling on travel and travel staff. Over time, it becomes nearly impossible to sustain an effective campaign.

In addition to totally refurbishing the public areas and guestrooms, we upgraded the major equipment and back of the house areas, and also took the opportunity to make the property as energy-efficient as possible. We added a new energy-efficient air conditioning system, new piping, new fire alarm system and reconfigured the catering space to provide more flexibility for social and small meetings. While we can't guarantee that we won't suffer any future damage during a hurricane, at this point we feel very good about the hotel's ability to withstand major storms.

In addition to their ability to generate money, these coins serve as integral markers of American history.

E. B. White

In addition to testing for analytical abilities, which current tests do, we also want to test for practical abilities such as common sense, problem solving, ability to work with people and creative abilities, because we know, especially in business, creativity is crucial to new products and service development,

In addition to having the skills to be successful on the college level, Mike has the leadership and competitive toughness that makes him such an outstanding player. Mike is a true point guard. He has tremendous vision and court awareness and has the ability to pressure the ball on the defensive end that will be a good fit in our program.

Terry Teachout

In addition to giving comfort and joy, art also has the miraculous ability to let us live in other men's skins, to test our perceptions and beliefs against theirs, and perhaps to be changed as a result. It does this by portraying the world creatively, heightening our perception and enriching our understanding of things as they are.

In a game like this you don't want to take any undisciplined penalties. He took responsibility, he didn't blame the referee. After that, his ability took over on what was just a great play.

Gary Moore

I have for some time been concerned about the amount of time this investigation is taking away from the ability to just do the job and perform for the people of Kentucky,

I had big plans for him to show what he can do. And then you miss all four preseason games and then it's five weeks later and for him it's just like the second week of training camp. Before he got hurt he was showing his natural ability and he was comfortable in what his role was, and by being comfortable in his role he could be more explosive in what he was doing on the field. But then we had that setback and we had to start all over.

Dan Rooney

I guess what all this does is determine some specific measurement that may equate to athletic ability. But it's hard to get excited if a guy doesn't play well on film.

I guess we kind of feel it's a potential setup. It chills us in our ability to prepare a defense. It's just overbearing.

Candace Bushnell

Why do I keep evading my work? Is it because I’m afraid of being confronted by my lack of abilities?

Kim Harrison

I love the power of the musician who composes and performs. I envy their ability to put a nugget of truth in three minutes of sweat and emotional outpouring, colored entirely from their thoughts.

Joel Coen

We have an uncanny ability to make birds do what we want them to do. In Blood Simple there's a shot from the bumper of a car and it's going up this road and a huge flock of birds takes off at the perfect moment.

Jim Butcher

I've always admired your ability to be unilaterally irritating.

Mahatma Gandhi

I claim to be an average man of less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.

I call it push and pester, or grab and clutch. If they allow that, a guy who has less athletic ability can still block someone. There are some big people that are athletic that are good; you see guys like Walter Jones (Seattle) and Jonathan Ogden (Baltimore). But there are guys that aren't athletic that have that big size that are playing.

I call it push and pester, or grab and clutch, ... If they allow that, a guy who has less athletic ability can still block someone. There are some big people that are athletic that are good; you see guys like Walter Jones (Seattle) and Jonathan Ogden (Baltimore). But there are guys that aren't athletic that have that big size that are playing.

I don't believe in luck. When I am diligent, my luck is generally good. When I am lax, my invariable turns bad.

I don't like to make predictions, but I think we have the ability to be very competitive.

Rafael Benitez

I do not know yet who will be my first choice, that is up to the players, not me, ... They are all similar and different. They are all fast, have good ability and are good in the box.

Colleen has the ability to be a pretty good scorer this year. She can attack the basket and she's probably our best perimeter shooter.

Carol's ability to build partnerships is unique - she has gathered various people and agencies from around the region and led the formation of a small business services delivery system that is effective, efficient and will serve this community for years to come.

Scott Wood

I believe each one has the ability to win 50-50 balls. If they don't win the ball, they do a great job of containing. The rotation and replacing one another is almost second nature now. I also think a good defense can feed off a strong possession game. Our halfbacks are doing a really nice job of controlling and maintaining possession of the ball.

Sam Martin

I believed we had a limited window of opportunity to effect incorporation before outside influences would impact our ability to do so ... I'm convinced that after Sept. 10 our window of opportunity will become a very narrow portal.

I believe she has the ability to win the district. I'd at least like to see her finish in the top 3 and advance to the regional.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I believe our school children should have the ability to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in their classrooms and I urge the groups who are involved in this case to appeal today's ruling.

Debbie Ford

I believe my love of beauty and my ability to see what works is a gift I was given by God.