#ability

That ability to take in your surroundings and sort out the important stuff, to be aware, to be vigilant. Then take all that information, put it together, and see if it makes sense to you. ↗

— Paul Gleason

#aware #important #important stuff #information #makes

My mother's incredibly giving, almost too giving at times. And, my dad is a real logical person. He's got logic for every situation. They've been married for 24 years, so there was that stability, also. I really learned to think on my own at a very young age. ↗

— Brian Austin Green

#almost #also #been #dad #every

The companies that survive longest are the one's that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul. ↗

— Charles Handy

#call #companies #excellence #give #growth

The anti-apartheid prisoners on the island, like so many in every age and nation, found that Shakespeare had a peculiar ability to gentle their condition. They used to gather clandestinely to read the plays; on one occasion, the book was passed around for each man to mark his favourite lines. ↗

— Daniel Hannan

#age #around #book #condition #each

We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our constitutional health, and we're surrendering it all at the same time. ↗

— Paul Hawken

#cultural #governing #health #living #losing

I listened more than I studied... therefore little by little my knowledge and ability were developed. ↗

— Joseph Haydn

#developed #i #knowledge #listened #little

But when you are embodied in a location, in a physical plant, in a set of people, and in a common history, that constrains your evolution and your ability to evolve in certain directions. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#certain #common #directions #embodied #evolution

There's never any ability to plan a personal life. ↗

— Jerry Kleczka

#any #life #never #personal #personal life

One, I love the creativity. I love the ability to create a capital structure that is appropriate for a company, no matter what field it happens to be in. ↗

— Henry Kravis

#appropriate #capital #company #create #creativity

The Internet has exceeded our collective expectations as a revolutionary spring of information, news, and ideas. It is essential that we keep that spring flowing. We must not thwart the Internet's availability by taxing access to it. ↗

— Chris Cannon

#availability #collective #essential #exceeded #expectations