“When you're born again, your DNA changes. You have the ability to understand God's terms.” TermBornAbilityDnaBorn Again Author:Bill McCartney
“But I think the global economy will understand that the United States has the ability to meet its obligations. But it's not going to be able to do it over the long term if we can't control the growth of government.” IfsThinkingLongStatesGovernmentAbleGrowthTermAbilityUnitedUnited StatesEconomyObligationLong TermGlobal Economy Author:Charles Bass
“I'm trying to solidify a long-term career, because I have no other skills and no other abilities.” TryingLongTermAbilityCareersSkillsLong Term Author:Martha Wainwright
“The greenhouse crisis is the bill coming due for the Industrial Revolution. It's not an accident. It's the logical outcome of our world view - the idea that we can control the forces of nature, that we can have short-term expedient gains without paying for them, that there are no limits to exploitation of the environment, that we can produce and consume faster than nature's ability to replenish.” WorldIdeasForceTermAbilityViewsEnvironmentProduceRevolutionLimitsGainsCrisisBillsDuesAccidentsFasterOutcomesGlobal WarmingLogicalOur WorldExploitationShort TermGreenhousesWorld ViewIndustrial RevolutionForces Of Nature Author:Jeremy Rifkin
“What I like about music is its ability to be convincing, to carry an argument through successfully to the finish, though the terms of the argument remain unknown quantities.” TermAbilityMusicMusic IsArgumentQuantityConvincing Author:John Ashbery
“The education of our people should be a lifelong process by which we continue to feed new vigor into the lifestream of the Nation through intelligent, reasoned decisions. Let us not think of education only in terms of its costs, but rather in terms of the infinite potential of the human mind that can be realized through education. Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our Nation.” PeopleThinkingShouldMindHumansMeanDreamNationsProcessTermAbilityDecisionGreaterCostBenefitsIntelligentInfiniteDevelopingHuman MindFulfilledLifelongVigorHopes And DreamsInfinite Potential Author:John F. Kennedy
“To be a super-trader, you'll need an edge to overcome the laws of probability and the uncertainty of the marketplace. That edge comes from information flow, the ability to correct your habits in terms of the market's characteristics, and being able to take risks, cut losses, expand your information network, ferret out ideas, and take recommendations.” NeedsIdeasAbleLawTermLossAbilityCuttingRiskInformationHabitFlowOvercomingEdgesUncertaintyCharacteristicsProbabilityMarketplaceTradersRecommendationsFerretsInformation Flow Author:Ari Kiev
“What does purpose mean? It means the deepest desire for our short lives to mean something. . . . To speak a language of purpose is to return to first principles and to be able to answer, in plain English, the plain questions of Why? Why should we chip in to help someone else? Why should we defer gratification? Why should we care about the long term? Why should we trust anyone who seems to be limiting our ability to do what we want?” WantShouldFirstsMeanLongDoeHelpingSeemsCareAbleDesirePurposeSpeakLanguageTermAbilityAnswersPrinciplesReturnIntentionLong TermChipsGratificationShort LifePlain English Author:Eric Liu
“The Bush Administration believes the Kyoto protocol could damage our collective prosperity, and in so doing, actually put our long-term environmental health at risk. Fundamentally, we believe that the protocol both will fail to significantly reduce the long-term risks posed by climate change and, in the short run, will seriously impede our ability to meet our energy needs and economic growth.” NeedsBelieveLongRunningEnergyGrowthTermAbilityFailingRiskEconomicMental HealthClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeProsperityAdministrationLong TermDamageCollectivesEconomic GrowthProtocolKyotoKyoto ProtocolEnvironmental Health Author:Lawrence B. Lindsey
“What man needs is not philosophy or religion in the academic or formalistic sense of the term, but ability to think rightly. The malady of the age is not absence of philosophy or even irreligion but wrong thinking and a vanity which passes for knowledge. Though it is difficult to define right thinking, it cannot be denied that it is the goal of the aspirations of everyone.” ThinkingMenNeedsPhilosophyAgeDifficultGoalTermAbilityAbsenceVanityAspirationDeniedAcademicMaladyIrreligionWrong Thinking Author:Krishnananda Saraswati
“I think we overrate ourselves in terms of our abilities and capacities. I mean, just because you can build a really swell bridge doesn't, to my way of thinking, mean that you're an advanced civilization.” ThinkingWayMeanTermAbilityCivilizationCapacityMy WayBridgesWay Of ThinkingAdvanced Civilization Author:George Carlin
“The notion of "humanity" as a form of transcendence derives, I think, from the conviction that intellectuality possesses an absolute power, from the demand that our best behavior depends on our ability to think abstractly, in terms of a universal rule, about something called humanity, that we need to understand humanity abstractly so that we can act responsibly towards those who represent it.” ThinkingNeedsFormHumanityTermAbilityDependsDemandBehaviorUniversalAbsolutesNotionConvictionTranscendenceAbsolute Power Author:Talal Asad
“Statesmen exhibit five key commitments: 1) A commitment to principles above politics; 2) An ability to compromise without abandoning principle; 3) A commitment to truth over spin; 4) A commitment to courage over cowardice; and 5) A commitment, or willingness, to give up power.” GivingPoliticalPoliticsTermAbilityPrinciplesFiveKeysGiving UpCommitmentCompromiseWillingnessCowardiceStatesmenExhibitsTerm Limits Author:Tom Coburn
“Most of us really aren't horribly unique. There are 6 billion of us. Put 'em all in one room and very few would stand out as individuals. So maybe we ought to think of worth in terms of our ability to get along as a part of nature, rather than being the lords over nature” ThinkingIndividualTermAbilityRoomsLordOughtUniqueBillionsEmsStanding Out Author:Herbert Simon
“In terms of drama school, what that will give you that you won't necessarily learn on a film set is the technical ability - ie, projecting your voice and stage craft.” GivingSchoolFilmVoiceTermAbilityStageDramaCraftsFilm Set Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“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
“[In 2004 on being at TBWA Chiat Day for 30 years.] Different people are different in terms of the way they're made. I knew since the day I arrived at Chiat Day that I was at home, and that I was at a place where I could prove my talent and my ability... I am also married for 35 years too, so it could just be how I am.” PeopleWayYearsMadeDifferentHomeTermAbilityTalentProveMarriedDifferent Peoples Author:Lee Clow