#capable

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#belief #capable #every #evil #men

He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor. ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

#anger #being #every #feeling #good

Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same. ↗

— Xun Zi

#conversely #gentleman #loathed #loved #man

People who are incapable of having any kind of intimate relationship have to turn to feeling this incredible hunger and void, have to turn to some quantifiable external product to make them feel whole. ↗

— Jennifer Connelly

#external #feel #feeling #having #hunger

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team! ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#anything #best #capable #doing #expect

I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#i #kill #killing #man #tyrant

I have this burning desire to get out there and do my best. It's as if I'm keeping it all in a little bottle, and it's all going to come out when I do the best I'm capable of doing. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#bottle #burning #burning desire #capable #come

I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#because #become #brilliant #doing #done

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this. ↗

— William Wordsworth

#beauty #capable #dignity #does #excitement

If you never try, you'll never know what you are capable of. ↗

— John Barrow

#know #never #try #you