Ability

Classical music's ability to translate emotional themes is fantastic.

In our system of government, an opposition party doesn't have the ability to pass legislation, but it has the ability to massively screw things up.

Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.

The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.

The ability of Texas Republicans to be effective in Congress is based on having at least 218 Republicans in the House.

What did Citibank get out of it? It got the ability to reverse the arbitrage. Actually, what they got was the ability to give themselves a profit, and that saved the bank.

Too many athletes don't have the ability to set a goal and then carefully go towards it.

The ability to communicate with everybody, regardless of who are you are, is a great thing.

All I had was natural ability.

The level of ignorance is declining, and the ability to accumulate data and manipulate it for various ends is increasing.

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.

When they are employed wisely, derivatives make the world simpler because they give their buyers an ability to manage and transfer risk.

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

When mainstream Muslims defeat the Islamic State, that lessens the ability of the Islamic State to recruit and fund-raise.

The ability to share the Gospel isn't a 'gift' that has been given to only a few Latter-day Saints and denied to the rest.

The ability to share the gospel isn't a 'gift' that has been given to only a few Latter-day Saints and denied to the rest.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability, he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

From each according to his ability, to each according to his ability.

We are going from reading our genetic code to the ability to write it. That gives us the hypothetical ability to do things never contemplated before.

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

He knows that you have ability and what he does is he manipulates it and sort of empowers you.

There are already a lot of devices in our lives that have rich text or the ability to handle graphics. Our devices are designed to be understood in less than a quarter of a second.

We're playing at our level of ability.

The blessings of the priesthood transcend our ability to comprehend.

Nate Robinson has a lot of jumping ability, but I don't see Josh losing.

Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.

Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.

The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.

Obama and his associates are fantastic campaigners but have little ability or skill to govern.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

The ability of humans to read meaning into patterns is the most defining characteristic we have.

The Williams sisters, they have this power. They have this ability to come back from nowhere.

Do glassmakers not have the ability to knead their own agates, marbles and rock crystals?

Writers should be applauded for their ability to make things up.

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.

Amazon has well passed any expectations of its ability to change distribution and marketing.

Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

The United Nations has long sought the ability to raise revenues in this manner as a means of reducing its reliance on American and other member nations' dues to sustain the UN's operations.

You have this ability in hip hop to be invincibly cool, and that is a part of G-Eazy.

The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.

The ability to please your shareholders comes because of what you do for clients.

My vocal ability is very limited, but I'm fortunate in that I can write the songs around my vocal limitations.

Filipino businessmen must have the ability to compete freely in the global economy.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

Philandering impedes, as everyone knows, the ability to concentrate.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.

Peace can be contributed to by respect for our ability in defense.

The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.

The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts.

The ability to calibrate risk doesn't happen rationally.

Trust your ability!

ISIS is on the offense, with the ability to attack at will, anyplace, anytime.

I'm glad that I still have the ability to tour in Europe. I do love it.

Ironically, for the mega-rich, recession brings with it the ability to live well at a lower cost and with less of a hassle.

We have allowed ourselves to be defined by our consumption instead of by our ability to move beyond it.

I've always felt very confident in my ability.

By annihilating somebody else in whatever way, then that person feels that they also have the ability to, then, restore the person.

To say it very honestly, removed from ego, standup is just a thing that I understood, a God-given ability.

I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title.

To me, we have never really exploited our ability in low-Earth orbit.

Ability is sexless.

Picasso was hugely innovative, and, wow, did he have facility, amazing ability, but I don't think he painted a masterpiece.

Our only security is our ability to change.

I listened more than I studied... therefore little by little my knowledge and ability were developed.

Bobby had faith in my ability as a singer.

As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.

I'm a horrible drawer. I have no artistic ability in my hands.

I think it's just a lack of ability, we're incapable of writing hits.

I'm confident with my ability.

Events often move faster than our ability to comprehend them.

I cannot understate the ability to handle classical texts such as Shakespeare.

It is the ability to choose which makes us human.

I have the strange ability to shut things out.

NASA wanted to assure its ability to examine the spacecraft in orbit for signs of damage.

Our key to transforming anything lies in our ability to reframe it.

It seems to realize itself to be some of the most exciting TV and films that are made. Sci-fi just has that ability.

It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.

After all, an overvalued dollar gives us the ability to buy foreign goods at lower prices. And the existing volume of exports brings more yen and euros than they would if the dollar were more competitive.

I would drown in objects if I didn't have the ability to photograph them.

The ability for us to laugh at ourselves is Britain's saving grace.

Campaign staffers develop the ability to sleep through anything.

The ability to fight isn't a one-size fits all, everybody is different.

Do everything to the best of your ability.

Publishing can be tough. It has the ability to kill dreams.

Sadly, commercially-produced, frozen broccoli lacks the ability to form sulforaphane because the vegetables are flash-cooked before they are frozen.

The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.

I have been presented with roles with demand not just a physical ability but mental disciplines as well. 'Memoirs of a Geisha' was not so much about physical exertion... it was much more graceful and contained than that.

Pluripotent cells have the ability to grow into any cell in the body.

Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.

I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily.

Labour's support in Scotland depends on their ability to be electable. If they are divided and unelectable, what's the point?

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.

With DNA, the ability to find out a lot more with a lot less has increased our ability for identification.

We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.

There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.

Large corporations have the ability to distract people with controversy that just distracts people from what's great about the movie or what works about the movie.

The Reserve Bank cannot just exist, its ability to say 'no' has to be protected.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.

Being able to control your reproduction is essential to women's ability to flourish in the United States.

I value my ability to keep state secrets.

Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.

We made the joke when we screened 'Bucket List' that there was 100% desire to see amongst our demographic with a 40% ability to get them to see it.

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

Music has nothing to do with your technical ability.

I had the right to remain silent... but I didn't have the ability.

Power is the ability to get things done.

We have cellphones and smartphones and iDevices and laptops and the ability to be perpetually connected. We never have to miss anything, significant or insignificant.

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

What I do believe is theatre is a medium with a peculiar ability to air vital issues.

A big part of my job is to accelerate our ability to bring innovative products to our customers more quickly.

We're making progress, but getting machines to replicate our ability to perceive and manipulate the world remains incredibly hard.

But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.

Apollo Records signed me for my gospel ability.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.

The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens.

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

My dad was an entrepreneurial businessman, and maybe I got some of his ability.

Phil Rudd from AC/DC was someone I really liked a lot... Not because I was dazzled by his playing ability - he was just a rock, y'know?

Ultimately, there is no definition for smartness. It's just the ability to do what you want to do really well.

Our ability to perceive the world around us seems so effortless that we tend to take it for granted.

The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.

The achievement is appreciation. Your ability to be surprised and awed by beauty!

I found I had the ability to do comedy. My timing was really inborn.

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.