#ability

There will always be nations. The United States will last a long, long time, I believe. France and Germany and Japan, China, other nations, they're going to exist. But they're losing their significance and ability to deal with certain matters. ↗

— Alan Cranston

#always #believe #certain #china #deal

Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#candor #democracy #hypocrisy #important #place

Lord, bless me with the ability to achieve all that I can, and the wisdom to realize it doesn't all have to be by tomorrow! ↗

— William Eardley IV

#achieve #bless #i #i can #lord

Fourth Law of Thermodynamics: If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero. ↗

— David R. Ellis

#damn #fourth #law #near #probability

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#ability #first-rate #function #hold #ideas

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#effect #genius #into #mind #put

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#attention #convert #converts #desire #economic

I've done one movie. And it's not a movie I want to stand on as far as acting ability goes. I mean, I'm not going to win an Oscar anytime soon. I'm not Meryl Streep. ↗

— Megan Fox

#acting #acting ability #anytime #as far as #done

I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie. ↗

— John Frankenheimer

#access #because #digital #director #disk

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances. ↗

— Viktor E. Frankl

#attitude #chose #circumstances #freedoms #given