I have to be able to be honest and be credible, and I think I can say, 'This guy did not have his best game today' rather than, 'He is awful and I cannot believe he did that.'
If, however, the success of a politician is to be measured by the degree in which he is able personally to influence the course of politics, and attach to himself a school of political thought, then Mr. Mill, in the best meaning of the words, has suc...
When you are racing in an able-bodied competition, you're all equal and you go out there and try your best, and that's what counts.
The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden.
In my Olympic history I don't think I have achieved my potential as an athlete. That's what I want when I look back at my career. I want to be able to say I gave it my best shot.
Why would a novel - which is all about the inward processes of people's developing feelings and developing relationships - why would you be able to portray that in pictures with as few words as possible, which is what the best films are?
Alltami (n.) The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps.
If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.
They all behaved as if they were absolutely disgusted by this, and amid the ribbing and hilarity that this elaborate performance of disgust and envy produced they were able to hide their true feelings of disgust and envy.
One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.
I always wanted to be ambidextrous, ever since I was a little girl. I wanted to be able to use both hands, and I still use my left hand a lot.
It's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again.
We have to make machines understand what they're doing, or they won't be able to come back and say, 'Why did you do that?'
Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to.
Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.
We have in Tennessee a number of wonderful faith-based clinics to serve the uninsured. It is an important principle with them that everyone pays something as they are able.
Moderate people are able to be moderate and have free speech only because there are some people on the fringe.
Cyber weapons provide the tantalising possibility of being able to cripple the enemy without inflicting lasting damage on them.
You have to be able to psychologically help your players, support-wise, be in touch with them, so I think managing people is very important.
Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those kinds of films.
I've never been able to get it straight about what these people who are worried about the trade deficit are worried about.
