“I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16. I think I have proved my ability in this field and it won't make sense for me to continue for another five or 10 years.” ThinkingYearsArtAbilityFiveFieldsMake SenseMartial Arts Author:Jet Li
“As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.” IfsShouldPoliticalAbilityLevelsPowerfulAudienceEconomyMediaFieldsSourceInternetShould HaveInnovationCustomersCorporationsEnginesDiscourseSmall BusinessPlaying FieldsForumsBloggersPolitical DiscourseLevel Playing Field Author:Al Franken
“Fish sense, applied in the field, is what the old Zen masters would call enlightenment: simply the ability to see what's right there in front of you without having to sift through a lot of thoughts and theories and, yes, expensive fishing tackle.” AbilitySeaFrontsFieldsMastersTheoryEnlightenmentRiversFishesBoatExpensiveLakesFishingAbility To SeeZen Master Book:Trout Bum Source: Trout Bum
“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
“The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field.” ThinkingGivenAbilityFieldsResearchBoxesConventionalHandicapsConventional WisdomOutside The BoxThink Outside The Box Author:Aubrey de Grey
“The problem in America as far as actors are concerned - and it's probably true in other fields, as well - is that they don't value people who are older or talented. I don't think ability means anything. How much money you have or how much money you can make for them are the only things they seem to care about or understand.” PeopleThinkingWellsMeanProblemSeemsCareAmericaValuesActorsAbilityFieldsConcerned Author:Lauren Bacall
“Part of being a great restaurant chef is having an ability to bring all those people together, rather like a captain on a rugby field or a coach. It's also being a great teacher, because I'm only one person in a kitchen of 10 and I need to be able to bring all those people together and to teach them. I need to be able to communicate my thoughts and my process to them.” PeopleNeedsPersonsAbleTogetherProcessAbilityTeachTeacherFieldsCommunicateCoachesKitchenRestaurantsCaptainsChefMy ThoughtsRugbyGreat TeacherGreat Restaurants Author:Paul Rankin
“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
“It makes me sick to see a superior runner wait behind the field until 200 meters to go and then sprint away. That is immoral. It's both an insult to the other runners and a denigration of his own ability.” WaitingAbilityBehindsFieldsSickSuperiorsInsultRunnersImmoralMeterSprint Author:Ron Clarke
“The people working in my field also are quite skeptical of our ability to do this. It ultimately boils down to the problem of building complex systems that are reliable and that work, and that problem has long predated the problem of access to encryption keys.” PeopleLongProblemAbilityFieldsBuildingKeysComplexesAccessSkepticalComplex SystemsEncryption Author:Matt Blaze
“In my opinion, the entire field of investment management, involving hundreds of billions of dollars, would be more satisfactorily conducted if everyone had a good yardstick for measurement of ability and sensibly applied it.” IfsWould BeAbilityOpinionFieldsManagementDollarsInvestmentBillionsMeasurementInvolvingYardsticksInvestment Management Author:Warren Buffett
“I'm a very, very modest person and with limited abilities. I do have the wish to succeed in anything I undertake, and that does help out, but, in general, there are so many other people who are skilled in their field that I feel very ordinary.” PeopleFeelsPersonsDoeHelpingWishAbilityFieldsSucceedOrdinaryModest Author:Edmund Hillary
“That is again a romantic notion: the hero. I think people enjoy a much more levelled playing field where you have the ability for many people to become heroes.” PeopleThinkingEnjoyAbilityFieldsHeroNotionPlaying Fields Author:Martin Sorrell