- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Able Quotes
On capability, readiness and what makes action possible.
These quotes touch on being able to act: governments expected to give straight answers, leaders imagined thinking more imaginatively, and allies working to restore the unity needed to act together. For more, see our Being quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The selfie is revolutionary to me. It is, I think, the only point in history where masses of young girls and women have been able to control, create, and publish images of themselves.
- Heat
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even in the heat, I'm able to be there and run and fight, no matter what is happening.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was so empty. I didn't always feel physically bad. I was able to play, but I wasn't there 100%. I felt I was fighting this strange feeling rather than the opponent; I couldn't really describe what was going on.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we focus on the minuses, we go down the spiral. But if we are able to focus on the pluses, we can become stronger and put more meaning into our life.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Living freely means being able to freely communicate in your native language and to be guided by the 10th article of the constitution, which defines Ukrainian as the only state language and guarantees the unhindered development of Russian and all the other languages.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just so very lucky to be able to do what I do for a living, and giving back is a way for me to express my gratitude. I'm so lucky to be in a position to help people, and that's appealing to me.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
To the extent that people overpay as a result of the Libor manipulation, they should be able to get their money back. Individuals who have mortgages, pension funds who had pensioner investments - whoever was ripped off is entitled to get their money back.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things I give Nancy Pelosi a lot of credit for is that she's able to get things passed and hold her members together because she shows us that she's doing everything possible to get our views into these bills.
- Formulate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without constantly pushing my senior colleagues to formulate decisions, I would never be able to learn and know what they are made of.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Job creators should be able to focus on their work - not on Washington's busy-work.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gold has intrinsic value. The problem with the dollar is it has no intrinsic value. And if the Federal Reserve is going to spend trillions of them to buy up all these bad mortgages and all other kinds of bad debt, the dollar is going to lose all of its value. Gold will store its value, and you'll always be able to buy more food with your gold.
- Almost Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
With 'Girls,' I have been able to plug into almost everything I've felt that's personal and sensitive.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a good juggler. If you want to court a woman, you need to be able to juggle five balls, fire, and knives.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realise that certain actors project their own image onto the screen - those who are the same on as they are off. But I've never had the necessary statistics to be able to do that sort of thing, and so, anyway, I always wanted to be a character actor.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even though Mr. Trump is a billionaire, he is still able to relate to average working men and women. The billionaire gets along with the bricklayer.
- Medicine
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started stem cells when I wanted to find a cure for my mother, who I loved very much, and western medicine was not able to cure her. If I had discovered stem cells a year before, I think that she would still be here with me.
- Negative
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- Nov 07, 2020