“We've said from the beginning when we traded Richie (Sexson), we're trading home runs for doubles and the ability to manufacture runs... Doubles are almost better. I mean, home runs are great, but when you've got guys who smack those doubles, you're in good shape, you've got a lot of guys in scoring position.” MeanSaidHomeRunningGuyAbilityPositionShapesTradingHome RunSmack Author:Ned Yost
“It is commonly said that if rational argument is so seldom the cause of conviction, philosophical apologists must largely be wasting their shot. The premise is true, but the conclusion does not follow. For though argument does not create conviction, the lack of it destroys belief. What seems to be proved may not be embraced; but what no one shows the ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.” IfsMayDoeSaidShowsSeemsBeliefCausesAbilityShotsArgumentPhilosophicalClimateConvictionRationalConclusionAbandonedPremises Author:Austin Farrer
“The issue here really is not whether international trade shall be free but whether or not it makes any sense for a country - or, for that matter, a region - to destroy its own capacity to produce its own food. How can a government, entrusted with the safety and health of its people, conscientiously barter away in the name of an economic idea that people's ability to feed itself? And if people lose their ability to feed themselves, how can they be said to be free?” PeopleIfsSaidIdeasCountryMatterGovernmentNamesLosesAbilityIssuesEconomicProduceCapacitySafetyTradeInternationalRegionsInternational Trade Author:Wendell Berry
“I've never had a block. I'm talking within the limits of my abilities. But in my own small way, I've had an embarrassment of riches. I'll have five ideas and I'm dying to do them all. It takes weeks or months where I agonize and obsess over which to do next. I wish sometimes someone would choose for me. If someone said, Do idea number three next, that would be fine. But I have never had any sense of running dry.” IfsWaySaidIdeasSometimesWould BeRunningThreeNextWishMy OwnAbilityNumbersTalkingFiveWeekDyingFineMonthsLimitsRichesBlockDryEmbarrassmentNumber Three Author:Woody Allen
“A writer arrived at the monastery to write a book about the Master. "People say you are a genius . Are you?" he asked. "You might say so." said the Master, none too modestly. "And what makes one a genius?" "The ability to recognize." "Recognize what?" "The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being.” PeopleWritingHumansSaidBookMightHuman BeingsAbilityMastersGeniusSaintSelfishEggsButterflyEaglesCaterpillarsMonasteries Book:One Minute Wisdom Source: One Minute Wisdom
“There may be such a thing as habitual luck. People who are said to be lucky at cards probably have certain hidden talents for those games in which skill plays a role. It is like hidden parameters in physics, this ability that does not surface and that I like to call "habitual luck".” PeopleMayDoeSaidPlayCertainGamesAbilityRolesTalentLuckySkillsLuckSurfacePhysicsCardsHabitualParametersHidden Talents Author:Stanislaw Ulam
“Katie commented that Americans had lost the ability to enjoy themselves. "We watch television," Dave said.” SaidLostEnjoyAbilityWatchesTelevisionDaveKatie Author:Jack McDevitt
“President Obama said that if he could have any superpower, he'd want the ability to speak any language. That's so everyone in the world could tell him he picked one of the lamest possible superpowers.” IfsWorldWantSaidSpeakLanguagePresidentAbilityPresident ObamaSuperpowerAbility To Speak Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I should say, a piece of advice that was given to me very early on by the principle of RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) which is where I went. When he auditioned me, he said, "Your speech, monologue, is fine. It's good. Yeah, I think you have ability but you're making it happen. Don't make it happen, let it happen." And that's a sort of subtle shift I think, as an actor.” ThinkingShouldArtSaidHappensActorsGivenAbilityPrinciplesPiecesAdviceFineSpeechYeahDramaticSubtleRoyalAcademyMake It HappenMonologues Author:Ralph Fiennes