#capacity

Our works, whatever they may be, derive from our incapacity to kill or to kill ourselves. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#incapacity #kill #may #our #ourselves

You won't talk to anybody who breaks lyrics down more thoroughly. It's just a complete deconstruction, and when you start to rebuild, nobody has the capacity to do it like me. Which is not to say I'm better, it's just that there's a unique quality to everyone. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#better #breaks #capacity #complete #deconstruction

I've always wanted to serve my country in some capacity. ↗

— Pete Coors

#capacity #country #i #serve #some

But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#breathtaking #capacity #challenges #democracy #despite

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace. ↗

— Nhat Hanh

#about #against #being #breathing #bring

If the only new thing we have to offer is an improved version of the past, then today can only be inferior to yesterday. Hypnotized by images of the past, we risk losing all capacity for creative change. ↗

— Robert Hewison

#change #creative #hypnotized #images #improved

My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regime's strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them. ↗

— Ma Jian

#capacity #chinese #chinese government #come #contrary

The attitude and capacity of the factory, the old metal table and the new ideas of the wooden furniture quickly and naturally suggested the possibility of metal furniture. ↗

— Donald Judd

#capacity #factory #furniture #ideas #metal

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another. ↗

— Immanuel Kant

#guidance #immaturity #incapacity #intelligence #use

I knew immediately that she was going to be in my life forever. I didn't know in what capacity, but I knew that I had found someone who was going to be close to me for a long time. We became great friends fast. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#capacity #close #fast #forever #found