“Knowledge and ideas tend to be a bit like experience - nice, but not necessarily useful. Clear thinking, logical priorities and the ability to reason will beat bright ideas and unassisted experience everytime.” ThinkingIdeasReasonBitsAbilityClearNiceBeatsPrioritiesLogicalClear ThinkingBright Ideas Author:Carroll Smith
“Discernment is the son of good judgment and the father of self-control. When mixed with an already clear conscience, the ability to read the true motives of a critic keeps one's conscience both clear and at ease.” SelfFatherAbilityClearSonJudgmentConscienceCriticsEaseMotiveSelf ControlDiscernmentGood JudgmentClear Conscience Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“The situation is clear. I trust in my ability, I trust in what I do and, if people put their trust in me, I will deliver for them.” PeopleIfsAbilitySituationClear Author:Billy Davies
“Regardless of how much you enjoy your work, you must accept that everything won't come easily. No one has clear sailing on their voyage to success. You will always meet obstacles to overcome. The attainment of real success isn't based on the absence of problems, but the extraordinary ability to deal with problems. Indeed, you will find greatest satisfaction in overcoming the toughest of problems thrown your way. And only by overcoming great difficulties can you achieve greatness in this world.” WorldWayRealProblemEnjoyAbilityDealsAcceptingClearAchieveThis WorldGreatnessFameOvercomingDifficultyExtraordinarySatisfactionObstaclesAbsenceThrownSailingAttainmentVoyagesReal SuccessAchieve GreatnessEnjoy Your Work Author:Ernie J Zelinski
“I was interesting in discovering more about [Elizabeth Taylor], and I always tried to focus more on the woman than the legend or the icon and everybody's own individual version of what that is. She was badass! Really strong. And eccentric and fiery and powerful and clear and blunt. Spoke like a sailor. She was extreme, but she had the ability to love again and again and again and still believe in it every time.” BelieveStillsIndividualStrongAbilityInterestingPowerfulClearFocusExtremesVersionsSpokesLegendsDiscoveringAgain And AgainBadassIconsSailorEccentricFieryBluntLove AgainAbility To Love Author:Justin Bieber
“There is nothing of permanent value (putting aside a few human affections) nothing that satisfies quiet reflection--except the sense of having worked according to one's capacity and light to make things clear and get rid of cant and shams of all sorts.” HumansLightTruthValuesAbilityClearQuietReflectionCapacityAffectionClarityPermanentCantQuiet Reflection Book:Readings from Huxley Source: Readings from Huxley
“Parenting can be established as a time-share job, but mothers are less good "switching off" their parent identity and turning to something else. Many women envy the father's ability to set clear boundaries between home and work, between being an on-duty and an off-duty parent.... Women work very hard to maintain a closeness to their child. Father's value intimacy with a child, but often do not know how to work to maintain it.” KnowsChildrenHardHomeJobsMotherValuesFatherParentAbilityKnow HowClearShareIdentityDutyEnvyBoundariesIntimacyClosenessSwitchingSwitching Off Author:Terri E Apter
“The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line.” NeedsLinesAbilityClearMediaRangeSpheresSuperheroDividing Author:Stephen Hawking
“I do think that animated films have the ability to touch you someplace. There is something about live action movies that is different because we know the characters are real people, so they always stay flawed for us somehow. But animated films touch us in a very clear, uncomplicated place. They have that ability. And an animated character can make an expression in a way humans can't do.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayHumansDifferentRealCharacterActionFilmAbilityClearExpressionFlawedAnimatedAction MovieUncomplicatedAnimated Films Author:Steve Martin
“I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think. As I worked, physical and mental fatigue set in and I was unable to operate to the maximum of my intellectual ability. But in a single cell in prison, I had time to think. I had a clear view of my past and present, and I found that my past left much to be desired, both in regard to my relations with other humans and in developing personal worth.” ThinkingHumansPastFoundLeftAbilityViewsClearIntellectualRelationRegardPrisonBusyCellsDevelopingMidnightMaximumFatigueMy PastTime To ThinkPast And PresentClear ViewPersonal Worth Author:Nelson Mandela
“The combination of the growth of these digital technologies, the ability of the government to conjure up these secret interpretations, plus a very unusual and novel court make for this ever-expanding surveillance state. We so treasure our freedoms; we will regret it if our generation doesn't use this unique time to reform the surveillance laws and make it clear that security and liberty are not mutually exclusive. We can do both.” IfsStatesUseGovernmentLawGrowthCan DoAbilitySecretLibertyTechnologyNovelClearGenerationsSecurityRegretUniqueCourtTreasureReformCombinationDigitalInterpretationPlusUnusualExpandingExclusiveSurveillanceOur GenerationDigital TechnologySurveillance StateSecurity And Liberty Author:Ron Wyden
“It's remarkable to watch the president, with all the weight of his ability to command rhetoric with the bully pulpit behind him, make a clear speech about climate change and why that's so important for us all to focus on. And that is a rather remarkable thing to see. It's enormously powerful.” ImportantPresidentAbilityPowerfulBehindsWatchesClearFocusSpeechWeightClimateClimate ChangeCommandRemarkableRhetoricBullyPulpit Author:Josh Fox
“Once upon a time millions applauded and supported Adolf Hitler; ignorant masses often cannot see the simple truths and evidently they do not have the ability to see the very clear ends! The stupidity of the ignorant masses has been proven thousands of times in the history! Each time they follow the wrong leader and in the end fall in the cesspool!” Has BeensEndsFallSimpleAbilityLeaderMillionsClearMassStupidityIgnorantProvenOnce Upon A TimeAbility To SeeSimple TruthsIgnorant Masses Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan