Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

I guess I was phenomenally lucky that I was introduced to dancing because I'm suited to it. It would be very weird if you had this natural ability for something and you never discovered it. It must happen all the time.

Jeff Davis

I guess the big issue is whether you can sustain profit growth, and everybody's looking at certain factors that will influence the ability for companies to report -- well, for above consensus expectations -- a good report. I think commodity prices, rising interest rates, are having a lagged negative effect on some earnings of major leading corporations. It's not impacting this quarter, but probably the third and the fourth quarter. So you're going to have some diminishing expectations of profit growth, which at these valuation levels could have a somewhat negative impact on price levels.

Sarah Shahi

I had a home birth because I really believe in the body's natural ability to give birth. The medical profession has kind of warped women's minds into thinking we don't know how to birth and we need doctors and epidurals and Pitocin.

If the kid has the ability to play at the next level, it is up to the coach to push that kid. I coached college ball, so I know what they are looking for.

If there is any non-payment on the mortgage, it gives us the ability to go after the melt shop. It offers us a little bit more security.

Ehud Barak

If there is a need, I will intervene. I truly hope the truck drivers will overcome the temptation to use the technical ability to clog up the country's arteries.

Tom Renney

If there is an advantage to be gained by this, it's that we think we can beat this team. We feel like we can come in here and win, that's an important feeling to have as a hockey club. You've got to be really feeling strongly about yourself and your ability to beat anybody any night.

Ryan Shannon

It helps a lot when he has a smile on his face and good mood. It's great to see he's doing well as a human being, even if hockey isn't there for him. It's really a feather in his cap, his ability to kind of move on and realize that maybe hockey wasn't the thing he was meant to do in life.

It has nothing to do with ability. Because of weather and bus rides, we thought it made sense to start him in warm weather and where there are very limited bus rides. We don't anticipate him being there a long time.

It has no ability to develop new knowledge through hypothesis testing, modification of the original theory based on experimental results and renewed testing through more refined experiments that yield still more refinements and insights,

It has less people, but those people working in manufacturing are going to be higher skilled, with more ability to keep those jobs here.

It has been part of my plans for this game for Matt to be in the starting position. With his experience, his ability to control the forwards, which is probably better than Harry's at the moment, I thought it was the right decision.

I think about 10 to 15 years later, we will have the ability to build our own space station and to carry out a manned moon landing.

It hindered my ability to play. As a result my coach looked at other healthy players.

Bill Gates

I think all students start off with incredible ability and curiosity, and if they're given the opportunity to pursue that, if they're given a chance to see the neat things about the world in terms that they can appreciate and enjoy, that their abilities will be reinforced and that we'll really achieve so much more potential out of the great students we have than we do today.

Jerry Bruckheimer

I think all of us like to do things to the best of our ability and it has nothing to do with competition factor, it has to do with quality.

Gary Bauer

I think my message resonates better. I believe that candidates that are not getting the money and are not showing any ability to create some passion in their audiences are going to find themselves just losing traction.

I think my power sneaks up on me as well as everybody else, ... I've always been a hitter that uses the whole field and hits for batting average with the dimensions here. My ability to go the opposite way has been a benefit.

Dan O'Brien

I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget... to look ahead, not behind.

I have witnessed how education opens doors, and I know that when sound instruction takes place, students experience the joys of new-found knowledge and the ability to excel.

Elizabeth Smith

I just didn't know anything about it, and I felt wrong that I hadn't tried to learn, that I hadn't tried to do something. I'm so lucky to be where I am in life, so I have the ability to make a difference.

Juli Inkster

I just felt like I still had the desire to work at it and still had the ability to win out here. Even though (the younger players) all think I'm old, I'm only 45 and I'm in the best shape I've ever been in. So I'm trying to get back to where I think I should be.

Thomas Frank

Iraqis are being targeted at an unprecedented rate. Wary of the ability of police and soldiers to provide protection, civilians are attempting to provide their own security, relying on neighbors and family or hiring armed guards.

Mike Smith

I realize people are going to say this is a one-race horse, and they can say what they want to say. But I know that he has a lot of ability and that today just wasn't his race.

I question (the government's) ability to actually deliver to the right people, ... They should be looking at other options than what failed last time.

Brian Roberts

I'm confident now that the injury won't have any residual effects on my ability to play whatsoever. I'm not 100 percent yet, but my doctors and trainers believe I'm on track to be there by the time the season rolls around.