The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity.
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
I was always a courageous woman, capable of confronting governments but not men.
In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.
In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.
Dolphins are social mammals, capable of enjoying their lives. They form close bonds with other members of their group.
People are capable of incredible gallantry and terrible cruelty in situations of extreme duress. I tried to showcase that range in 'Enclave.'
The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.
No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it.
Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.
If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
For in itself a thought, a slumbering thought, is capable of years, and curdles a long life into one hour.
I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a sudden magnanimity.
Vince McMahon is one of the greatest storytellers of all time, but WWE's not striving for the kind of innovation it's capable of.
From medieval tapestries, we know that slingers were capable of hitting birds in flight. They were incredibly accurate.
I'm not really capable of memorizing stuff without moving around, that's how I do it.
Too often, nonprofits are viewed as rigid and bureaucratic - less nimble and capable of adapting in this fluid environment than our corporate counterparts. I don't agree.
