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Capability means imagination... -- Napoleon Hill
it struck me what quality went to form a Man of Achievement, especially in Literature, and which Shakespeare possessed so enormously - I mean Negative Capability, that is, when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason. -- John Keats
The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which only good things can be said. -- Friedrich Durrenmatt
I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students. -- Carl Sagan
A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence. -- Pam Brown
What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are. -- Tony Robbins
Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level. -- Alexander Haig
I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit it, you're able to hit it with a couple of short sharp shots... it's a beautiful thing. -- Alexis Arguello
Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest. -- Vanna Bonta
Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. -- Edward Gibbon
Capability can handle challenges, it doesn't accept charity. -- Amit Kalantri
A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays. -- Itzhak Perlman
The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real. -- Tony Blair
We also had good software in the key categories and more focus on the gameplaying capability, so more of the marketing effort was targeted at game customers. -- Trip Hawkins
Leaders create an environment in which everyone has the opportunity to do work which matches his potential capability and for which an equitable differential reward is provided. -- Elliott Jaques
Being a great fighter is having a perfect balance of having that toughness, skill, as well as that mental capability to be able to out-think you opponent. -- Rashad Evans
In general, everyone wants to work and work more. But in fact, when a young generation has sufficient capability then we should create conditions for them to work. -- Nong ?uc Manh
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. -- Mahatma Gandhi
I think Madonna has a great deal of intelligence and capability. I have a lot of respect for her. She's taken her career and maximized it with intelligence and creativity. -- Carole King
Don't let that weapon technology proliferate. Don't let Saddam Hussein get capability for nuclear or chemical weapons, because he's already shown a willingness to use any weapon at his disposal. -- John Sununu
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it. -- Brian Tracy
If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities. -- Barbara Bush
I think the Iranians are clearly determined to have a nuclear program. And we have to assume that with a nuclear program they have the capability and the will to create a nuclear weapon. -- Colin Powell
If you're playing within your capability, what's the point? If you're not pushing your own technique to its own limits with the risk that it might just crumble at any moment, then you're not really doing your job. -- Nigel Kennedy
When an idea comes, spend silent time with it. Remember Keats's idea of Negative Capability and Kipling's advice to "drift, wait, and obey." Along with your gathering of hard data, allow yourself also to dream your idea into being. -- Rose Tremain
Georgian England, to see those wonderful houses being built. And the clothes were interesting too, although I wouldn't want to wear a wig. It's also the most beautiful period of English landscape gardening. They had famous gardeners like Capability Brown. -- Alan Titchmarsh
What is a man, if his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, looking before and after, gave us not that capability and god-like reason to fust in us unused. -- William Shakespeare
I had given up magic, because it had reached a state of perfection. I felt that I was able to transform men into animals. I did not make use of this capability, because I believed I could not justify an intervention of this kind in the life of another person. -- Wolfgang Hildesheimer
For me, motivation is a person who has the capability to recruit the resources he needs to achieve a goal. -- Arsene Wenger
God does not begin by asking our ability, only our availability, and if we prove our dependability, He will increase our capability. -- Neal A. Maxwell
The brain is a complex biological organ possessing immense computational capability: it constructs our sensory experience, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and controls our actions. -- Eric Kandel
Second-generation Hispanics marry non-Hispanics at a higher rate than second-generation Irish or Italians. Second-generation Hispanics' English language capability rates are higher than previous immigrant groups'. -- Jeb Bush
The United States has to have the capability to deal with more than one enemy at one time and be able to confront them and win. -- Leon Panetta
New molecular methods that add or modify genes can protect plants from diseases and pests and improve crops in ways that are both more environmentally benign and beyond the capability of older methods. -- Nina Fedoroff
If we take as given that critical infrastructures are vulnerable to a cyber terrorist attack, then the question becomes whether there are actors with the capability and motivation to carry out such an operation. -- Dorothy Denning
When you look at other countries that are developing the capabilities and the technology to deploy missiles of very significant destructive capability with nuclear, chemical, or biological warheads, then the MAD dogma makes even less sense. -- Don Nickles
I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are a lot better at personal relationships, and then have the capability obviously of telling it like it is when it's necessary. -- Madeleine Albright
This is actually true of the overall fight against al-Qaeda and trans-national extremists, that as you put pressure on them in one location, they'll seek safe haven sanctuaries in other areas. So you do have to continue to pursue them. But they have less capability. -- David Petraeus
We don't have the capability today to put a human being in space of any kind, shape or form, which is absolutely, totally unacceptable when we got the greatest flying machine in the world sitting down at Kennedy in a garage there with nothing to do. -- Eugene Cernan
Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now because we don't have people who have the capability to not only train fighters but also train and create decent respectable citizens of the world. -- Alexis Arguello
We do not wish to have nuclear weapons on New Zealand soil or in our harbors. We do not ask, we do not expect, the United States to come to New Zealand's assistance with nuclear weapons or to present American nuclear capability as a deterrent to an attacker. -- David Lange
The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind. -- Madeleine Albright
The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards. -- Edward Snowden
As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don't know if they are trying to develop nuclear weapons or not. Chances are they're developing what's called 'nuclear capability,' which many states have. That is the ability to have nuclear weapons if they decide to do it. That's not a crime. -- Noam Chomsky
I urge younger artists to know that you don't have to be anything you don't want. You can do whatever's comfortable for you. From the music I make, to the things I do in my life, I'm true to my R&B core. I have the capability to make pop records and crossover, but that's not my aim. -- Trey Songz
I really want to do the unexpected, and I think that's what I did when I executed 'Long.Live.A$AP.' I wanted people to really see the message and that I'm an artist who not only has the capability of rapping, but of composing great music both for people of my generation and for people with different backgrounds. -- ASAP Rocky
A great deal of the capability of an army is its dedication to its cause and its will to fight. You can have the best equipment in the world, you can have the largest numbers in the world, but, if you're not dedicated to your cause, if you don't have the will to fight, then, you are not going to have a very good army. -- Norman Schwarzkopf
Knowledge must become capability. -- Carl von Clausewitz
The Number our envious Persons, confirmation our capability. -- Oscar Wilde
Boosting mankind's capability for coping with complex, urgent problems -- Douglas Engelbart
Management capability is always less than the organization actually needs. -- Robert Heller
Were helping build capability and capacity in the new Iraqi Navy -- David Nicholls
Repose demands for its expression the implied capability of its opposite,--energy. -- John Ruskin
When you have the ability to dream, you have the capability to do. -- Debasish Mridha
NATO member states vary dramatically in their capability and in their political steadfastness. -- Donald Rumsfeld
Good leaders don't tell people what to do, they give teams capability and inspiration. -- Jeffrey R. Immelt
BBJ customers value long-range capability and cabin size, and this product offering enhances both. -- Steven Hill
Three quarters of the East Coast's refinery capability is located in the Philadelphia region. -- Robert Brady
The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability. -- Abby Sunderland
The quality of a good leader therefore is his vision, tenacity, and his capability. -- Jack Ma
Most perfect self-understanding is the capability to directly (immediately) transcend dilemma, all problems, all seeking. -- Adi Da
You have the capability to change your life all with a simple shift in perspective -- Demi Lovato
Intelligence and capability are not enough. There must be the joy of doing something beautiful. -- Govindappa Venkataswamy
Ego can't sleep. It micro-manages. It disempowers. It reduces our capability. It excels in control. -- Robert K. Greenleaf
Good listening is always the first step in the process that creates technique and capability -- Howard Snell
All human beings have the capability of doing what they want, what they're attracted to. -- Jack Kirby
Have faith in the universe and its capability to lead you to the path of abundance. -- Stephen Richards
More often than not, Americans and Westerners overestimated the power and capability of the Soviet Union. -- Alexander Haig
If there is any characteristic that is distinctly human, it is the capability for reflective self-consciousness. -- Albert Bandura
The artistic capability of reinforced concrete is so fantastic - that is the way to go. -- Oscar Niemeyer
The depth of our despair measures what capability and height of claim we have to hope. -- Thomas Carlyle
A pioneering and invaluable work about what it really takes to build innovation capability in society. -- John Kao
I've got miracle lyrical capability all in me / With the agility to escape a killer bee colony. -- Eminem
Still, the music was always there, and the lyrical capability was always threatening to show its head. -- George Michael
Seeing everything just the way it is gives you the power and capability to walk through life effortlessly. -- Jaggi Vasudev
Self-esteem is felt even though you may not have done anything yet, but just feel the capability for it. -- Denis Waitley
Your capability is constant, but how much of it you use depends upon the identity you have for yourself. -- Tony Robbins
Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody. -- Jane Jacobs
Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things. -- Joshua Lederberg
The natural and untainted male mind respects and loves the woman and her magnificent scope of capability and creative gifts. -- Bryant McGill
Never forget that our capacity and capability in spiritual matters is measured by, and based on, the promises of God. -- Oswald Chambers
There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more. -- Colin Powell
We artists give daily thanks for the miracle of our planet and for the inclination and the capability to honour it. -- Robert Genn
Whoever loses the capability for inner silence, loses contact to himself and soon won't be able to think clearly any more. -- Thomas Metzinger
When people have a sense of our military capability, nobody will ever dare to cast an evil eye on our nation. -- Narendra Modi
Expectations are just leftover praise. They are a blessing. If you didn't have the capability to meet them, they wouldn't exist. -- Chris Shiflett
I really and definitely think that France has the capability to come forward. The EU should maintain their own position, without influence. -- Ali Larijani
To die for one's great ideas is glorious - and easy. The horror is to outlive them. That is our worst capability. -- Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie
How often in life we complete a task that was beyond the capability of the person we were when we started it. -- Robert Breault
I have not the capability to give you my loyalty, nor do I have the vanity to appear as if I did. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
The Lord doesn't ask about your ability, only your availability; and, if you prove your dependability, the Lord will increase your capability. -- Neal A. Maxwell
It's a great opportunity to lower costs without sacrificing quality. If a retailer is not leveraging this capability, they are certainly missing something. -- Marc Chandler
Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential as a human being -- Amartya Sen
God does not begin by asking our ability, but more of our availability. When we prove our dependability, He will in crease our capability. -- Neal A. Maxwell
The limits to innovation have nothing to do with creativity, and nothing to do with technology. They have everything to do with management capability. -- Ray Stata
Once an individual's search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering -- Viktor E. Frankl
I continue to see a healthy PC market, very healthy. The machines will continue to morph; you'll see smaller machines that have more capability. -- Jim Allchin
We fear no one knows our potential, ability, power, and talent. We fear to learn about our capability and capacity so we keep it latent. -- Debasish Mridha
The brain is a complex biological organ of great computational capability that constructs our sensory experiences, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and control our actions. -- Eric Kandel
We have the brand, and we have the fulfillment capability. Now we had to get the Net, and that's the easiest part of the game. -- Jack Welch
Reducing a product's definition to a list of features and functions ignores the real opportunity - orchestrating technological capability to serve human needs and goals. -- Alan Cooper
I believe that we have more capability than any other creature to control our biological inheritance - and we do so most of the time. -- Jane Goodall
You find sprinters testing other sprinters' mental capability. But these are my good friends on the track. I don't think we need to do that. -- Donovan Bailey
I favor strategies that encourage industry to include some sort of key recovery capability in their systems which would also address user requirements for access. -- Dorothy E. Denning
We do have to worry about North Korea. They continue to develop their nuclear weapons capability, and they're working very hard on their ballistic missile capability. -- Hillary Clinton
He (Saddam Hussein) has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbours. -- Colin Powell
Iraq has not been disarmed 100 percent [but] in terms of what they [Iraqis] have accomplished there are no meaningful weapons or weapons production capability in Iraq today. -- Scott Ritter
Exploring Mars is a far different venture from Apollo expeditions to the moon; it necessitates leaving our home planet on lengthy missions with a constrained return capability. -- Buzz Aldrin
The amazing thing is that we could live in the world together peacefully, feed the world, shelter the world. We have that capability both spiritually and technologically. -- Yoko Ono
Amateur production, the result of all this new capability, means that the category of â??consumerâ?? is now a temporary behavior rather than a permanent identity -- Clay Shirky
America has the largest nuclear capability in the world. All this power neither prevented 9/11 nor helped to avenge it. How could it? Who would America have attacked? -- John Niven
I strongly support the call to greatly expand our human intelligence capability to penetrate al Qaeda and gather critical intelligence to prevent terrorist attacks on our homeland. -- Jim Ramstad
Common sense should tell us that there is no reason for civilians to have access to easily concealable handguns with the capability to shoot through body armor. -- Carl Levin
God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability. -- Neal A. Maxwell
The whole technological revolution and evolution gives man tremendous capabilities for good, and it also gives individuals tremendous capability to carry out what result in lethal action. -- John O. Brennan
At the end of the day, if you've got the great idea, and someone judges you've got the managerial capability, you'll probably get the backing for it. -- John Caudwell
Sometime in the future - 25, 50, 75 years hence - what will the situation be like then? By that time the Chinese will have the capability of delivery too. -- Curtis LeMay
In general, everyone wants to work and work more. But in fact, when a young generation has sufficient capability then we should create conditions for them to work. -- Nong ?uc Manh
I don't think that Iran with a nuclear capability will be just the problem of the state of Israel. This is a matter that concerns the whole world. -- Moshe Katsav
Only the general manager can mold the resources, processes, and values that affect innovation , into a coherent capability to develop and launch superior new products and services repeatedly. -- Clayton Christensen

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