I'm very, very confident in my ability to see the game - even before it's played.
The less you 'think' you know, the greater your ability to learn and grow.
What right do we have to claim, as some might, that human beings are the only inhabitants of our planet blessed with an actual ability to be "aware"? The impression of a "conscious presence" is indeed very strong with me when I look at a dog or a cat or, especially, when an ape or monkey at the zoo looks at me. I do not ask that they are "self-aware" in any strong sense (though I would guess that an element of self-awareness can be present). All I ask is that they sometimes simply feel!
It is the ability to determine consciously what it is that interests him, and why, that differentiates the artist from the art student.
We want a sense that an important character, like a narrator, is reliable. We want to believe that a character is not playing ages or being coy or being manipulative, but is telling the truth to the best of his or her ability. . . We do not wish to be crudely manipulated. . . We want to be massaged by a masseur, not whapped by a carpet beater.
I am the colour red, in a world of black and white and if you value your ability to breathe. . . Don't get too close.
Words when spoken out loud for the sake of performance are music. They have rhythm and pitch and timbre and volume. These are the properties of music and music has the ability to find us and move us and lift us up in ways that literal meaning can't.
You have the ability to quickly change your patterns of thought, and eventually. . . your life experience.
The ability to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust is the key professional and personal competency of our time.
I went through this realization that acting, at its heart, is the ability to manipulate your own emotions.
My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
If you stay intent and your ability warrants it, you will eventually reach the top of the mountain.
I have stood up and I have represented my constituents to the best of my abilities, and I'm very proud of that.
I think magazines like Glamour have the ability to have a great impact. Glamour has the ability to expose them to things like feminism that they may not be well acquainted with. In fact, Glamour has done that in the past - when I was in eighth grade I read an article in Glamour magazine about female feticide and infanticide that actually sparked my entire interest in feminism. I hate it when some feminists say we should get rid of beauty and fashion magazines - I think there's room in feminism for fashion, for fun, for talking about sex and friendships and relationships, etc.
There is no cheap way to achieve the ability to turn pro in tennis; it unfortunately is more expensive than team sports.
Do everything to the best of your ability.
The Fed has the ability to put money out, it's got the ability to take money back in, and if they don't do that, we will have hyperinflation worse than we had in 1980 and 1981.
I personally respect Bobby. He does really well on stage. Although I don't think his raps are exceptional or that he has a wide spectrum, his ability to dominate the stage is good, and he has a cool style of hip-hop that rappers aren't able to achieve.
The able have no desire to appear to be so, and this is part of their ability.