“I am a big believer that everybody has unusual, and certainly untapped, potential. The more people like that we can line up with their skill set and with their abilities, the more success we get to have.” PeopleBigsLinesAbilitySkillsBelieverUnusualUntapped Potential Author:Blake Roney
“There are two principles for creative success - one general and one definitive. The general principle is that everyone has the ability to be creative and make a big difference in this world. The definitive principle is that almost everyone has volunteered to be exempt from the general principle.” WorldInspirationalTwoBigsDifferencesAbilityPrinciplesCreativeThis WorldBe Creative Author:Ernie J Zelinski
“If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.” PeopleIfsNeedsBelieveHandsBigsArtistNextAbilityGreatnessTestsPocketsComing OutVery DeepSoulless Author:Lady Gaga
“Symphony is the ability to see the big picture, connect the dots, combine disparate things into something new. Visual artists in particular are good at seeing how the pieces come together. I experienced this myself by trying to learn to draw.” TryingBigsTogetherArtistAbilityPiecesSeeingParticularDrawsVisualsSomething NewSymphonyDotsBig PictureVisual ArtAbility To SeeVisual Artist Author:Daniel H. Pink
“In the Internet world, both ends essentially pay for access to the Internet system, and so the providers of access get compensated by the users at each end. My big concern is that suddenly access providers want to step in the middle and create a toll road to limit customers' ability to get access to services of their choice even though they have paid for access to the network in the first place.” WorldWantFirstsEndsBigsChoicesAbilityPayStepsMiddleInternetLimitsConcernPaidCustomersAccessUsersTollsProviders Author:Vinton Cerf
“Maturity is many things. It is the ability to base a judgment on the big picture, the long haul.” LongBigsAbilityJudgmentMaturityBig PictureHaulLong Haul Author:Ann Landers
“It's your ability to learn quickly and contribute quickly that matters. One of the things I tell people these days is that there is no perfect fit when you're looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.” PeopleWayImportantMatterBigsNextOpportunityAbilityPerfectQualityLeaderFitThese DaysThings To DoBig ThingsLeaning InPerfect Fit Author:Padmasree Warrior
“God made me blind and unable to walk. BIG DEAL! He gave me the ability... the musical gifts I have... the great opportunity to meet new people.” PeopleMadeBigsOpportunityAbilityWalksDealsBlindMusicalBig DealGreat OpportunityMeeting New People Author:Patrick Henry Hughes
“When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars and a big rock drum sound.” WritingPlayBigsStuffSoundAbilityRocksGuitarStudiosHeavyPostsLoudAggressivePunk Author:Tom DeLonge
“The ability to make big leaps of thought is a common denominator among the originators of breakthrough ideas.” IdeasBigsAbilityCommonLeapBreakthroughCommon Denominator Author:Nicholas Negroponte
“The ability of big money to shape perceptions - where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every single member of the House and Senate - is a big factor.” BigsHouseAbilityFourShapesMembersPerceptionClimateFactorsSenateLobbyists Author:Al Gore
“Jon Stewart says that he was a little kid with a big head. He had very little athletic ability. He went out to the soccer field, and it was awful.” LittlesBigsKidsAbilityFieldsAwfulSoccerLittle KidAthleticBig HeadsAthletic Ability Author:Brian Kilmeade
“If nothing else, I want women to understand that they are powerful. If you look back at history, in almost every big moment, in every leap forward, you find ordinary women at the core. We have more ability to make changes in the world than we can imagine if we have the courage to try.” IfsWorldWantTryingLooksMomentsBigsAbilityPowerfulImagineOrdinaryCoreLeapMaking ChangesI Want A Woman Author:Liya Kebede
“You have got to love what you're doing. No matter what it is. Whatever you undertake in life, if you don't love it, and you don't enjoy it, you are making a big mistake. You have got to love what you are doing. You have to appreciate what you are getting, and you have to do it to the best of your ability.” IfsMatterBigsEnjoyAbilityMistakeAppreciateNo Matter WhatDoing YouBig Mistake Author:Tommy Lasorda
“I do love the feeling of a big win. But you don't have to have a World Series ring to be a winner. A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished. Being able to get the most from their ability. That's what characterizes a winner.” WorldTryingFeelingsBigsAbleWinningAbilitySeriesRingsWinnerAccomplishedWorld Series Author:Joe Torre
“We're rapidly entering a world where everything can be monitored and measured. But the big problem is going to be the ability of humans to use, analyze and make sense of the data.” WorldHumansUseProblemBigsAbilityDataMake SenseEnteringBig Problems Author:Erik Brynjolfsson
“Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. To last as long as I did with the skills I had, with the numbers I produced, was a triumph of the human spirit.” HumansLongPlayBigsLastsSpiritAbilityNumbersSkillsTriumphLeagueHuman Spirit Author:Bob Uecker
“My fear, is that we are becoming so dependent on technology that if it was all taken away for some reason, some big incident, that we are losing our ability to function without it.” IfsReasonBigsAbilityTechnologyTakenBecomingLosingFunctionDependentIncidents Author:Bruce Boxleitner
“It's a big mistake when encyclopedias say "loyal" - this dog, this breed has this ability to be loyal, to be a one person dog. I don't agree with that. I think all dogs are honest, all dogs have integrity, all dogs are loyal and they're all capable of loving you. It doesn't come from the breed. It comes from the dog.” ThinkingPersonsBigsAbilityMistakeHonestDogIntegrityCapableAgreeLoyalLoving YouEncyclopediaBig Mistake Author:Cesar Millan
“The genius of capitalism lies in its ability to make self-interest serve the wider interest. The potential of a big financial return for innovation unleashes a broad set of talented people in pursuit of many different discoveries. This system, driven by self-interest, is responsible for the incredible innovations that have improved so many lives.” PeopleDifferentSelfBigsLyingInterestAbilityBusinessReturnGeniusDiscoveryCapitalismInnovationResponsibleIncrediblesFinancialDrivenPursuitBroadsSelf Interest Author:Bill Gates
“A big ego isn't necessarily a bad thing. A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you're prepared to take the risk of trying them out.” TryingMeanBigsAbilityRiskEgoPreparedBad ThingsBig Ego Author:Brian Eno
“I mean you can go wherever you want with it really. No matter what story you're telling you're always representing some reality. You are always representing human beings, their fears, their shortcomings, their braveries, their doubts, their loves, their abilities, their brilliance and those things inevitably lead to bigger political systems, foreign policy and crime and religion. It's an action film. We are not taking a stance about big government.” WantHumansMeanMatterStoriesBigsRealityGovernmentActionFilmPoliticalHuman BeingsAbilityDoubtCrimePolicyBiggerBraveryNo Matter WhatForeign PolicyBrillianceShortcomingsRepresentingPolitical SystemsStanceBig GovernmentAction Films Author:Colin Farrell
“I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.” BigsWould BeChanceAbilitySawsFansFieldsCollegeTrackCoachesScholarshipTrack And FieldDecathlon Author:Dan O'Brien
“I think that Paul Gasol is the most skilled big man in the NBA today with his ability to post on either block, the way he runs the floor, and the way he can shoot the mid-range jump shot.” ThinkingMenWayBigsRunningTodayAbilityShotsBlockPostsRangeNba Author:Doug Collins
“It's hard to date once you're a big Star Wars star because you don't want to give people the ability to say, "I had sex with Princess Leia."” PeopleWantGivingWarHardBigsStarsSexAbilityPrincessLeia Author:Carrie Fisher
“As far as population size goes, big is no longer important, and it can even be a drawback. In fact, the future belongs more to second-tier cities. Any place can become a world-class center today by finding an area in which it outperforms others, by thinking for the long term, by expanding its competitive abilities and by operating globally.” ThinkingWorldLongImportantFactsBigsTodayTermAbilityCitiesClassFindingsAreasSizePopulationLong TermExpandingWorld ClassDrawbacks Author:Charles Landry
“The big difference with the recognition is that when I go on an audition, I don't feel like they're testing my abilities as much as they're just seeing if it's a fit. So that's nice.” IfsFeelsBigsDifferencesAbilityNiceSeeingGoes OnFitRecognitionAuditionsTesting Author:Anna Chlumsky