“People talk about Frank Sinatra all the time - and they should talk about Frank - but he had the greatest arrangers. They worked for him in a different kind of way than they worked for other people. They gave him arrangements that are just sublime on every level. And he, of course, could match that because he had this ability to get inside of the song in a sort of a conversational way. Frank sang to you, not at you, like so many pop singers today. Even singers of standards.” PeopleWayShouldKindDifferentTodaySongCoursesAbilityLevelsStandardsPopsSingersDifferent KindsFrankArrangementsSublime Author:Bob Dylan
“We should explore new ways to drive down the cost of space travel. instead of costly booster rockets, maybe we should think of laser/microwave driven rockets, or space elevators. Until then, the cost of space exploration will limit our ability to explore the universe.” ThinkingWayShouldUniverseAbilitySpaceCostLimitsDrivenExplorationNew WaysRocketsSpace ExplorationElevatorsSpace TravelLasersMicrowaves Author:Michio Kaku
“Giving is better than receiving, 'cause that's the ability you give somebody to get stronger than they would be, than they could be, than they should be, before you loved them. When you give somebody the ability to feel your love and your healing, you're a doctor in the spirit, bringin' medicine from God to your heart and on to them.” GivingFeelsShouldHeartWould BeSpiritCausesAbilityHealingDoctorsStrongerMedicineReceiving Author:Gary Busey
“Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don't think art is elite or mysterious.” PeopleThinkingShouldHeartArtAbilityOrdinaryArt IsShould HaveMysteriousElitesOrdinary People Author:Ai Weiwei
“I should say that mental strength is No. 1, experience [is] No. 2, physical strength is No. 3, and genetic ability that you're getting from Mother Nature probably comes after.” ShouldMotherAbilityMother NatureMental StrengthPhysical Strength Author:Wladimir Klitschko
“Too many players focus on physical tells. For both online and live games, you should be focusing more on betting patterns and histories. The ability to figure out your opponent's hand based on his betting pattern is a crucial skill.” ShouldHandsGamesAbilityFocusPlayerFiguresSkillsPatternsOpponentsOnlineCrucialBetting Author:Daniel Negreanu
“My personal view is that nobody should stand between an employer and employee when it comes to employment contract negations. Not the government and not meddlesome third parties. This includes the ability for individuals to bargain collectively with their employers.” ShouldGovernmentIndividualAbilityViewsPartyThirdsEmploymentEmployeeContractsEmployersBargainsNegationThird PartiesPersonal ViewsMeddlesome Author:Mark Noble
“A man needs a private life. With no ability to have a private life, one thing leads to another, and before you know it we have Bill and Monica. We need to get real about things. Humans are humans. Why should we expect more?” KnowsMenNeedsShouldHumansRealAbilityOne ThingBillsPrivate LifeGet RealMonica Author:Jack Nicholson
“One thing I will not compromise over is whether or not Congress should pay the tab for a bill they've already racked up. If Congress refuses to give the United States the ability to pay its bills on time, the consequences for the entire global economy could be catastrophic.” IfsGivingShouldStatesAbilityUnitedPayUnited StatesEconomyOne ThingConsequenceBillsCongressRefuseCompromiseGlobal Economy Author:Barack Obama
“The subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state ....As Henry Home (Lord Kames) has written, a goal of taxation should be to 'remedy inequality of riches as much as possible, by relieving the poor and burdening the rich.'” ShouldStatesHomeGovernmentEnjoyGoalAbilityPoorLordSupportRichWrittenSubjectsOughtEconomicsProtectionLibertarianRichesInequalityProportionRemedyTaxationRevenue Author:Adam Smith
“America should meet its obligations in the form of Social Security, Medicare, our ability to pay our military, legally binding legislation that allows unemployment compensation, the judiciary, the federal court system, the federal prison system, all those kinds of things have to be paid for.” ShouldKindAmericaFormSocialAbilityPaySecurityMilitaryPaidCourtPrisonObligationLegislationUnemploymentSocial SecurityCompensationMedicareBindingJudiciaryPrison SystemCourt System Author:Bill Johnson
“Lawyers should be chosen because they can demonstrate a history rich in human traits, the ability to care, the courage to fight, the will to win, a concern for the human condition, a passion for justice and simple uncompromising honesty. These are the traits of the lawyer.” ShouldHumansCareFightingPassionWinningJusticeSimpleAbilityRichConditionsHonestyConcernLawyerChosenHuman ConditionTraitsWill To WinUncompromising Author:Gerry Spence
“The ultimate aim in life should be to fulfill to the utmost all that within our ability and to share that which is good and beautiful.” ShouldBeautifulAbilityShareUltimateAim Author:Yehudi Menuhin
“A quota for women always amounts to a failure of politics. For me, economics is first and foremost the ability to act freely without state rules. That's why I believe quotas should only be used as a last resort.” ShouldFirstsBelieveStatesLastsUsedI BelieveAbilityAmountEconomicsResortsQuota Author:Kristina Schroder
“The man of wealth [should] consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer to produce the most beneficial results for the community - the man of wealth thus becoming the mere trustee and agent for his poorer brethren, bringing to their service his superior wisdom, experience and ability to administer, doing for them better than that they would or could do for themselves.” MenShouldCommunityWealthAbilityResultsProduceHe ManBecomingMereSuperiorsAgentsFundRevenueBeneficialBrethrenSurplusTrusteesTrust FundsWisdom Experience Author:Andrew Carnegie
“I'm a firm believer and always have been that there aren't all that many things that you should not express to children in an age-appropriate manner, and as a parent, that is your job - to be discerning as to whether or not your child can handle the information, provided you have the ability to express yourself in that age-appropriate way.” WayShouldChildrenHas BeensAgeJobsParentAbilityInformationOur ChildrenBelieverHandleFirmYour ChildrenAppropriateExpress YourselfDiscerning Author:LeVar Burton
“The list of qualities (an investor should have) include patience, self-reliance, common sense, a tolerance for pain, open-mindedness, detachment, persistence, humility, flexibility, a willingness to do independent research, an equal willingness to admit mistakes, and the ability to ignore general panic.” ShouldSelfPainAbilityCommonMistakeQualityHumilityEqualResearchShould HaveIndependentListsToleranceCommon SensePersistenceWillingnessInvestorsPanicSelf RelianceFlexibilityRelianceDetachmentOpen Mindedness Book:One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In Source: One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In
“One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.” NeedsShouldAbilityOneself Author:Jean de La Fontaine