#able

The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#controlling #incapable #iraq

When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset. ↗

— Neil Abercrombie

#asset #damn #gave #incredibly #intents

We all agree that its fit to be as Happy as we can, and we need no Instructor to teach us this Knowledge, 'tis born with us, and is inseparable from our Being, but we very much need to be Inform'd what is the true Way to Happiness. ↗

— Mary Astell

#being #born #fit #happiness #happy

I definitely loved going on stage, I loved the nervous feeling and the performance and the doing-ness of it. It always felt kind of natural and inevitable and logical. ↗

— Sean Astin

#definitely #feeling #felt #going #i

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess. ↗

— Terence

#excess #i #life #principle #thing

You know, I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. ↗

— Hank Azaria

#actor #comedy #fan #growing #growing up

But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#alone #available #away #base #concrete

For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#cannot #controllable #dimensions #economic forces #forces

There is also work to do in the evolution of a stable family life and values, and in ensuring that the Nigerian family is built on core values that will form the bedrock of the future society. We must showcase the ideals of family life and be models of family values. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#bedrock #built #core #core values #ensuring

Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#country #dalton #drudgery #elementary #employed