Saying you must rotate three crops a year, a certain percentage of your land must be set aside, and some of the other proposals, my sense is that it's a little anti-technology, and the ability of...

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the...

Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.

Ultimately, the ability to inspire people to live healthier and happier lives is what excites me both personally and professionally.

My best ability was in just being ready when I was called upon. Then, I would be fit, and my legs would be light. If you sulk and are on the bench, and the gaffer calls you on, you are not ready...

Well, I'll say I have an incredible ability to fantasize - I really do. I don't have to have things tangible to be able to see them, and therefore I enjoy so many things, because they're in my mind.

An increase in shareholder value can arise for reasons other than greater efficiency, such as increased power and the resulting ability to increase profits by raising prices.

Who is there that ever receives a gift and tries to make bargains about it? Let us, then, return thanks for what He has bestowed on us. Who can tell whether, if we had had a larger share of ability or...

I knew I had the ability to become a world champion, I knew I did. I knew I just needed the opportunity.

If your hair is dry, your waves will not form to the best of their ability.

I was given the ability to create stories and characters. That's my part of the long chain of writers, publishers, agents, booksellers, librarians, and a host of others who eventually deliver...

If you live for pleasure, your ability to enjoy it may pass away and your senses grow dim.

I think the greatest thing about making a documentary is your ability to just follow the story and the subject.

Changing my body has given me the ability to do all these amazing things that I never in a million years imagined I could do.

A mother's ability to provide for her children is not always tied to income, but rather to education.

The political gridlock in Washington leads us to conclude that policymakers don't have the ability to put the public finances of the U.S. on a sustainable footing.

I absolutely value autonomy. I value freedom and having the ability to implement change right away.

We have cellphones and smartphones and iDevices and laptops and the ability to be perpetually connected. We never have to miss anything, significant or insignificant.

The human organism inherits so delicate an adjustment to climate that, in spite of man's boasted ability to live anywhere, the strain of the frozen North eliminates the more nervous and active types...

For me, it's about making sure the mental side of my game is in a good place; if it is, then it's just about backing your ability when you are out in the middle and doing what you can for the team.

When leaders choose to burn bridges instead of build them, they sacrifice their ability to do their jobs.

Public television is a very important thing for our human race, and it allows us the ability to discuss the elephants in the room and understand stories beyond the headlines.

Spina bifida affects every single aspect of your life, from your child's self-esteem to your ability to sleep at night.

I know what it takes to win. I know a general election is going to come down to not only Republican voters but my ability to connect with independent and women voters.

We want the ability of the drivers to be the focus, not who has the latest gizmo.

One way to express choice is through the market. Well-functioning markets provide choices and, ultimately, the ability to express one's pursuit for happiness.

What is portraiture? It's choice. It's the ability to position your body in the world for the world to celebrate you on your own terms.

If people are going to give, they're going to give. And it doesn't matter if you give a dollar or five dollars or a hundred dollars or a million dollars; it's all according to your ability.

I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level.

Wireless is freedom. It's about being unleashed from the telephone cord and having the ability to be virtually anywhere when you want to be.