Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.
American democracy depends on the public's ability to remain accurately informed on our state of affairs.
Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character, to create another person.
Every lawyer is an actor. The place where a lawyer's acting ability shines most is certainly in the courtroom, but it works very well in the boardroom and in the office.
I agree with Marjorie Rosen's good psychological analysis of my acting ability.
I'm not an outstanding personality, and I'm certainly no beauty. Acting ability is all I've got to trade on.
I think personal growth has much to do with acting ability.
I've been repeating ad nauseam that we in Burma, we are weak with regard to the culture of negotiated compromises, that we have to develop the ability to achieve such compromises.
Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.
We have the most flexible and adaptive economy. Making sure we sustain the ability of the American economy to perform well is really the priority of economic policy.
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
I'm guessing that ability to withstand peer pressure and adhere to one's values might translate to the kind of backbone necessary for a successful lifelong relationship.
My parents were admirers of President Roosevelt and the New Deal. Their parents and most of our relatives and neighbors were Republicans, so they were self-conscious in their liberalism and took it as emblematic of their ability to think for themselves.
There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.
Murakami's ability to deconstruct and his aesthetic and conceptual freedom have been totally inspiring for me.
Economy consists in a due and proper application of the means afforded according to the ability of the employer and the situation chosen; care being taken that the expenditure is prudently conducted.
A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
The ability to breathe the air and drink the water will be what the wars will be about from here on in. And it's coming with alarming rapidity.
