One of the most important things in the digital world is being able to story-tell and help people envision the art of the possible with respect to different technologies.
General Giap was one of the most brilliant military strategists of our era, who in Dien Bien Phu was able to place missile launchers in remote, mountainous jungles, something the yankee and European military officers considered impossible.
People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I'll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn't the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer.
I have not had the chance to go out there and do myself justice in an Olympic marathon yet. I have not been able to get to an Olympic marathon injury-free yet.
Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?
It's crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense and yet not be able to think about anything else.
I like that original romance of having a pen and a legal pad and going anywhere in the world and being able to write a novel with just those two things.
Pioneer women were very tough - they had to be, because the men go off for long periods of time, and the women would have to be able to protect themselves and their homes.
There are elements to my faith which are echoed very closely in the scripts that come through. I read certain moments, and I'm able to say, 'Yes, I recognize that. I champion that. I ally myself to that idea.' Then there are times where I don't. My feeling is, at this stage in my life, that it will be an ongoing struggle.
For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.
I want to be able to speak every language. If I could have any talent and I get to choose it, and be naturally gifted and speak every language. It's not going to happen, but it sure would be nice. It's a good wish.
It's very cool to be able to say that my first real film was 'Footloose' and my second film I got to star alongside Tom Cruise and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
When I present or speak, I write the slides myself. And regarding time, I would like to be able to publish more than I do.
A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
The liberal groups spent months raising money so they could take down anyone President Bush nominated. But they have not been able to touch judge Roberts.
It's been my experience that the longer I do yoga, the more I want to know, the more I am able to understand and the less judgmental I am.
By reading Huckleberry Finn I felt I was able to justify my act of going into the mountain forest at night and sleeping among the trees with a sense of security which I could never find indoors.
The junior senator from Wisconsin, by his reckless charges, has so preyed upon the fears and hatreds and prejudices of the American people that he has started a prairie fire which neither he nor anyone else may be able to control.
I would certainly say that films like Time Code and the Loss of Sexual Innocence were far more rewarding to me in terms of being able to move forward as a filmmaker.
I had my first apartment when I was 16. I got good grades, so my friends would be able to come over to 'study.' We'd party, and they'd cheat off me. Everybody won!
That's the place we're in right now: we think we have the capability to get every piece of information, and we don't. We don't know what's going on behind the closed curtain. If we want to say we live in a free democratic society, we should be able to find out whatever we want to.
I started Shutterstock without any outside funding; I believe in creating a lean startup. By not taking outside investors early, I was forced to use every dollar I had as efficiently as possible. And I was able to keep a large part of the company.
Gollum has a weak personality and isn't able to cope with the power of the ring.
As long as a house is like yours, and as long as you work together with your brothers, not a house in the world will be able to compete with you, to cause you harm or to take advantage of you, for together you can undertake and perform more than any house in the world.
I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference.
There is a long history of founders returning to companies and doing great things. Founders are able to set the vision for their companies with an authority no one else can.
The past several months I have been able to meet with people across this country. One thing is clear: America craves for real solutions to the problems we face. That's why I'm running for President of the United States.
I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them.
It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.
It's such a luxury to be able to be happy about going to work in the morning.
The responsibility I have is a great thing, from helping tennis grow in Canada, but also in the future, being able to do stuff through my foundation, helping kids, and helping everyone I can, and really trying to make a difference. It would be a shame to be in the spotlight, have a voice and not do much with it.
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
I'm very lucky. I am one of those people who is able to go home, shut the front door and completely focus on the kids.
The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.
