I accrued anger from people’s low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of.
I was always just blown away by David Bowie and how mannered the guy was willing to be. It was so far from what I imagined someone with my confidence to be capable of.
We had an awfully good ball club that was capable of beating anybody. They were that good.
From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason parents who rely on their children for happiness make both their children and themselves miserable.
I liked it because it was such a dangerous script and showed just what human beings are capable of. Here was a movie in which Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt, who always win in every movie they ever do, simply don’t win. I felt that was outrageous for a commercial movie.
Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.
Africa wants the world to acknowledge that through fair partnerships with other members of the global community, we ourselves are capable of unprecedented growth.
You must know what you are capable of.
The juggernaut that is steampunk, like Dr. Loveless’s giant mechanical spider in the 1999 film version of ‘The Wild, Wild West,’ seems capable of crushing all naysayers.
Buckwheat, like Marmite and durian, is a seriously divisive foodstuff, so it needs a seriously capable defence team if it’s ever going to make it on to most people’s dinner tables.
My hair is capable of doing a lot of different things.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
I have not proved that the universe is, in fact, a digital computer and that it’s capable of performing universal computation, but it’s plausible that it is.
The ultimate meaning of the Bible escapes human limits and calls us to a recognition that every life is holy, every life is loved, and every life is called to be all that that life is capable of being.
Mildred Pierce was capable of great acts of love as a mother.
‘Lucky’ is for laughs, and there’s really nothing funny that I’m doing on ‘Dexter.’ I think more than anything, both comment on the fact that anybody is capable of anything. Just because they are the shy guy in the corner doesn’t mean that they are a harmless little bunny.
Chekhov was capable of casually tossing off deplorable comments in his letters, combined with a very modern anger against anti-Semitism.
We are not experts on everything. We are not capable of doing everything by ourselves. There are a bunch of other smarter people around the world.
We live in bodies that are fearfully and wonderfully made, yet they are not immune to illness and pain. We have hearts that are capable of experiencing great love, but sometimes they get broken.
NASA has never had a problem finding capable people to be astronauts. NASA’s problem was, and still is, finding ways to cut the list of capable applicants down to a manageable length.
You want somebody who’s capable of being diverse in the characters they play, and you want a big name that’s going to bring attention to the filmmakers and to the project.
If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it’s like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
You need to aim beyond what you are capable of. You must develop a complete disregard for where your abilities end. Try to do things that you’re incapable of… If you think you’re incapable of running a company, make that your aim… Make your vision of where you want to be a reality. Nothing is impossible.
You know, you can be really quite subversive in popular fiction, which is capable of taking on big issues of politics, war, the rise and fall of commercial dynasties.
Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example of ‘Don’t do this’ and ‘Don’t do that.’ And that’s one of the things that I’m most proud of.
We need to be united, and we all need to understand that we’re all capable of achieving the American dream. And, but that has to be something that is self-realized. And also, to demonize someone for achieving the American dream is unfair.
I know what I’m capable of doing. Never a doubt in my mind.
Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing. Sometimes they have more imagination than men.
And I kind of feel that I have a responsibility to the people that invest their time and money with me to show up on the set every day and do the best of which I am capable.
I was always a courageous woman, capable of confronting governments but not men.
That’s what defines the best athletes: being capable of showing up year after year at the highest level.
I know that human beings are capable of anything.
There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more intimate and sympathetic study of its moods, together with a renewed wonder and humility on the part of such as are still capable of these basic reactions.
I don’t hate Dane Cook, but I am trying to go after people I think are capable of more.
My philosophy is that we should ask the most important question that’s capable of being solved.
To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.
I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we’re also all capable of a sudden magnanimity.
We know that young babies, as they become capable of moving voluntarily, will share. They will share food, for instance, with their siblings and with kids that are around. They will sooth. If they see somebody else in pain, even the youngest of toddlers will try to reach out and pat the person.
I have the most respect for Zach Woodlee. He is one of my favorite – and one of the most capable – choreographers out there right now.
Canada definitely has a strong program in women’s boxing, and we’re showing that women are capable, not just men.
We need to be aware of what we are capable of first and realize that if you place your dreams really really high, you do have the potential to get to that level.
The more understanding we have about what’s going on in our own brain will just make us more capable in our own jobs, in telling our kids we love them, and living a fulfilling life.
Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor.
If money can’t be made reporting and writing articles, then professionals simply can’t do it anymore. Unless we adopt the position that the amateur blogosphere is really capable of taking on the role that the ‘New York Times’ and CNN play, then we do need solutions for paying for content.
People are really capable if you’re able to give them the confidence to get something done and paint the picture of where we need to go.
Theatre is, occasionally, capable of moments of truth.
In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.
Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It’s almost a fear of what you’re capable of.
I love working if it’s with people who are capable of having a good time. People with a little bit of enjoyment of what they do. If it’s enormous pressure, and people feel that their lives are at stake, then it’s agony. So I try to pick projects where I feel like I’m going to avoid those traps.
We have this incredible ability to communicate with each other. I want to play around with it, see what this mass audience is really capable of.
Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
Treat each case as an individual case, and give every man an opportunity to earn just as much money as he is capable of earning.
I had to play the cards that I was dealt to get better mentally, physically, and push myself to limits that I didn’t think I was capable of.
It’s also a reasonable scientific program to look at the dynamics of the standard model and to try to prove from that dynamics that it is computationally capable.
I think there can no longer be such a thing as hitting a wall on a photo shoot. If I ever hear a photographer say to me, ‘OK, what else?’ I should retire, because that should never happen now having experienced just how much the body is capable of doing.
Literature is capable of being a subject that people want to catch up on or discuss, whether at a coffee shop or a watercooler. It can become an intrinsic part of their dialogue.
To devise an information processing system capable of getting along on its own – it must handle its own problems of programming, bookkeeping, communication and coordination with its users. It must appear to its users as a single, integrated personality.
After having a career in Spain for eight years, I went back to being anonymous again, having to prove myself to the industry and myself, to prove I was capable of acting in a different language. It was a good challenge, and I can’t complain.
