Quotes About Ability

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.

As a person I'm perfectly vain, I'm just vainer as an actor about my ability. My acting vanity trumps my human vanity.

When Kanye gets to a point where he can actually put a couple of notes together either vocally or two bars of valid music playing an instrument, then he might have a right to criticize somebody else.

My only power is my ability to do something with passion and do it well. It's also something someone cannot take way from me, so it's very valuable.

The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing it down or having people acting it out. That's why I'm always hoping society never collapses because the first ones to go will be entertainers.

Obviously the federal government has the ability and the right to have their currency and to create the kind of policy that they believe will promote American values.

tests of cognitive ability (like IQ tests) tend to measure cultural learning and not pure innate intelligence, whatever that is.

rank-and-file staff rarely want to hire people more skilled than themselves.

handiwork. One thing his background in construction had given him was a certain skill in taking care of the little things that a husband and father was always being called upon to do. Diana admired his ability in the home improvement department, and Colby knew he occasionally gave in to the urge to show off. She would

What is luck', he said, 'but the ability to exploit accidents?

Whatever God gave you, you have to work that to your best ability - especially out here in Hollywood, the land of beautiful people.

There is no substitute for skill. It is the priceless possession of every great artist in every field of endeavor. It is instinctly felt by an audience and is reflected in the superiority of his work

If only one fifth of your spells work you have real power. If only one fifth of your divinations work you have a serious disability.

Messi is a natural born talent, that is not to say he doesn't work hard, but you can't teach what he can do.

The patience and ability to work through a long series of steps - to figure things out - is a foundation for the child's creative life later on.

An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.

My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work.

It was a great test of my ability to work with... watercolors. And it was also a test of my patience; I needed to put myself in a completely disciplined position... I couldn't make mistakes.

In the end, the work shows if you're good.

If you have the talent and if you have the ability, and you work for it, you can achieve your goals.

Fear does its best work in isolation. Courage wears the face of your ability to love and be loved. Breakthrough happens when you discover your self-worth had nothing to do with what you looked like.

The older I get, the more I believe in practice and work over natural talent and ability.

I look for the ability to work. Directing is hard work. They don't teach you that in film school. Critics are not aware of it, but it is hard, physical work.

To make something, you have to work within your abilities. Honestly assess what you can do and even more important, what can't you do.