I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives.
Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.
I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?
Carl Yastrzemski was the best all-around player. He could run, throw and hit. He had the ability to play a number of different positions. He signed as a shortstop. He could play the outfield, of course, and third base and first, too. He was a tremendous athlete. Mickey Mantle was unbelievable, too.
The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things.
There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.
The right to choose to live or to die is the most fundamental right there is; conversely, the duty to give others that opportunity to the best of our ability is the most fundamental duty there is.
I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie.
I think many years from now, people will still watch television, though it will probably be 150 inches wide. What will change is the ability to get 'CSI' not only on TV but also on the Internet, even watching it in a foreign country as it's playing in the U.S.
When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change?
Most Hoosiers underestimate their ability to effect change.
When I came to New York, I began to meet the people who became the most famous artists of our time. I was insecure about my own level of ability, I didn't know whether I could compete with these people and, at the same time. I was wondering what is this anyway?
In fact, people have been very complimentary about my act and very tolerant of my singing ability.
Power is the ability to get things done.
My only job as an actor is to try and understand the character and, to the best of my ability, bring this character to life.
Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.
The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers.
As far as natural ability, I was always athletic.
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
The ability to talk to kids and reach kids is a gift I've been given, and I may as well use it.
Almost without exception, the talented women I have known have believed they had less ability than they actually had. And almost without exception, the talented men I have known believed they had more.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
Firms need to ensure that their ability to provide effective customer service keeps pace with their growth. If you're marketing your firm to new customers, you better be able to provide them service when they do business with you.
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.
Comedians have a huge carte blanche and the ability to get away with saying a lot of things.
The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses.
The American work ethic is something to be admired. Our workforce, regardless of position, works hard to produce the best product and serve customers to the best of their ability.
There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.
The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man.
I think from the time I was a kid I've been an entertainer. I've always had the ability to play characters. When I came to California, I was overwhelmed that you could do this and get paid for it, make a living on it, and be creative within this art form.
The thing that enchants me the most is the ability women have to feel other people's pain. The total empathy that women have is extraordinary.
I am fortunate to have the ability to lend my name to build the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in my hometown of Melbourne. It will be a state-of-the-art facility to help heal the whole person - body, mind and spirit.
An athlete must have ability to reach the top, but many who have ability and who do not live clean lives never have and never will be champions for obvious reasons.
