Capability Quotes - Page 9

• When combined, the small individual contributors of caring, friendship, forgiveness, and love, each of us different from our next-door neighbors, can form a phalanx, an army, with great capability.

  Jimmy Carter

  Army, Caring, Doors

  Jimmy Carter (2014). “The Jimmy Carter Library”, p.556, Simon and Schuster

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• I really and definitely think that France has the capability to come forward. The EU should maintain their own position, without influence.

  Ali Larijani

  Thinking, France, Influence

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• 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

  Mass Destruction, Hussein, Weapons

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• I think there are some mass destruction capabilities that are still inside Iraq. I think there's some weapons that have been shipped over the border to Syria. But I don't think we're going to find that their capabilities provided the imminent threat that many feared in this country. So I think it's going to be a tough search, but I think there's stuff there.

  Wesley Clark

  Country, Thinking, Mass Destruction

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• There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat Yes, he has chemical and biological weapons. He's had those for a long time. But the United States right now is on a very much different defensive posture than we were before September 11th of 2001 He is, as far as we know, actively pursuing nuclear capabilities, though he doesn't have nuclear warheads yet. If he were to acquire nuclear weapons, I think our friends in the region would face greatly increased risks as would we.

  Wesley Clark

  Thinking, Wmd, Long

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• My reluctance to use alien invasion is due to the feeling that we are not likely to be invaded and taken over. It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep space capability it would have matured to a point where it would have no thought of dominating another intelligent species. Further than this, there should be no economic necessity of its doing so. By the time it was able to go into deep space, it must have arrived at an energy source which would not be based on planetary natural resources.

  Clifford D. Simak

  Taken, Intelligent, Race

  "Skirmish: The Great Short Fiction of Clifford D.Simak". Book by Clifford D. Simak. Introduction, p. 9, 1977.

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• It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep space capability it would have matured to a point where it would have no thought of dominating another intelligent species.

  Clifford D. Simak

  Intelligent, Race, Space

  "Skirmish: The Great Short Fiction of Clifford D.Simak". Book by Clifford D. Simak, Introduction (p. ix), 1977.

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• Do not fear adversity. Remember, a kite rises against the wind rather than with it. People are not willing to take risks when they feel afraid or threatened. But if you manage people by love-that is, if you show them respect and trust-they start to perform up to their real capabilities.

  Jan Carlzon

  Real, Teaching, Learning

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• They [China] have indicated that they’re trying to develop nuclear capability and they want to develop more aircraft carriers like we have. So yes, we have to consider them a military threat.

  Herman Cain

  Military, Stupid, Trying

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• Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive and your intent with people. Competence includes your capabilities, your skills, and your track record. Both are vital.

  Stephen Covey

  Integrity, Character, Skills

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• When I went back home, I was constantly being reminded, I'm an African woman, and so there are certain things I shouldn't do, certain ambitions that I should not entertain. That was a problem for me because I had never thought of myself as an African woman, never thought of myself as a woman to begin with. For me the limit was my capacity, my capability.

  Wangari Maathai

  Ambition, Home, Limits

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• I've seen people recover physical abilities, yet never get over emotional trauma after a serious accident. I've seen other people overcome the psychological and emotional trauma of a serious illness even though they may never fully regain their physical capabilities. Which is the greater healing? Which is the better recovery? If I had the option of choosing between a mediocre life with eyesight or the life I have today, even though I am blind, I'd stay blind and keep the life I have.

  Jim Stovall

  Recovery, Healing, Emotional

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• He will return with a greater understanding of himself, greater leadership capabilities, better work habits, and a better knowledge of what it takes to be successful. It really depends on the young man's desire, commitment, work habits, and how important it is to him when he returns.

  LaVell Edwards

  Leadership, Knowledge, Commitment

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• She's decisive, she's aggressive, she's proven she's capable with high-performance jets. We look for people with the capability to think on their feet and to be able to lead a team of people. We look for the best pilots out there, and if they happen to be women, great, but we're just looking for the best.

  David Leestma

  Team, Thinking, Feet

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• The capabilities of the human mind are enormous. There is usually no inherent reason you cannot accomplish whatever goal you set for yourself.

  Michael J. McCarthy

  Goal, Mind, Reason

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• [Computer viruses] switch from one country to another, from one jurisdiction to another - moving around the world, using the fact that we don't have the capability to globally police operations like this. So the Internet is as if someone [had] given free plane tickets to all the online criminals of the world.

  Mikko Hypponen

  Country, Motivation, Moving

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• We had discussions at the Department of Defense on the issues of utilizing and requesting the full skill of United States capabilities, both on the soft side and on the side of providing logistics and technical expertise... And, we as a country are extremely pleased with the announcement that we have heard, and we look forward to that cooperation as expeditiously as we can.

  Brownie Samukai

  Country, Skills, Issues

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• In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapon stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.

  Hillary Clinton

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Iraq

  Hillary Clinton's Senate speech, October 10, 2002.

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• I'm expressin' with my full capabilities,
  And now I'm livin in correctional facilities.
  Cause some don't agree with how I do this,
  I get straight and meditate like a Buddhist.

  Dr. Dre

  Buddhist, Rap, Hip Hop

  "Song: 'Express yourself'(Album: Straight outta compton)". 1988.

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• We have developed this capability. The heavy-water project today is a reality. This knowledge belongs to Iran. Nobody can take it from us. As they (Europeans) see Iran's determination, they will be forced to show flexibility and accept it.

  Gholam Reza Aghazadeh

  Determination, Reality, Iran

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• Even if you weren't born with a genetically perfect body, you can take something like a hand, where everyone has the same capabilities, and you can make it speak. You can make it speak in many different ways.

  Sarah Lamb

  Hands, Perfect, Ballet

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• Thank you for allowing me to use colors as rich and deep as you please. I had always wanted to do so, yet was never allowed because of the color capabilities of our lithographers. Now that I have done it, I don't think I'll ever go back.

  Maxfield Parrish

  Thank You, Thinking, Color

  Maxfield Parrish, Alma Gilbert-Smith, Joyce Stoner, Trust for Museum Exhibitions (2005). “Maxfield Parrish: master of make-believe”, Philip Wilson Publishers

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• We have been working hard to think about what our combined needs are going to be in the way of intelligence capabilities, not today but 15 to 20 years in the future.

  Stephen Cambone

  Work, Thinking, Years

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• The Lord only demands of us what is within our capabilities.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Demand, Lord

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• Public action should seek to expand the set of opportunities of those who have the least voice and fewest resources and capabilities.

  Paul Wolfowitz

  Opportunity, Voice, Action

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