So many of my dreams were to actually be able to make a living of what I did as a hobby.

Actors are able to trick themselves into treating anything as if it's fantastic. It's a kind of madness really.

But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.

I think Maine needs people. It needs diversity. It needs to be able to respect people. Openness is crucial for this state because we don't want to be known for having the oldest state in the nation. We want young families.

You're creating a different world and the actor's job is to be able to convince the audience to enter into that world, whether it be actually something that you recognize from your own life or not.

Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists in America. It exists everywhere. You have to develop an eye for it and be able to see it.

It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.

If you can jump up onstage and make people laugh, shouldn't you also be able to inhabit a character?

I have family in Ponce. It's a shame that my grandfather passed and I wasn't able to be there with him.

I love being able to go to a store, let's say... a store like Topshop or Zara or maybe even Macy's, depends on what department, and not have to look at the price tag.

Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

People sometimes hold themselves back because they want to use racism as an excuse for them not being able to achieve what they want to achieve.

Having caught a glimpse of what I might be able to do with my talent, I feel a tremendous obligation to try to fulfill it.

The users are not going to be in the position of accepting what's been collected; they're going to be in the position of being able to demand collection.

The EU must be able to act with the speed and flexibility of a network, not the cumbersome rigidity of a bloc. We must not be weighed down by an insistence on a one size fits all approach which implies that all countries want the same level of integration. The fact is that they don't and we shouldn't assert that they do.

But I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me, and I've always been able to do more than you necessarily hear with every band I've ever played in.

I want to write more books, see my first novel made into a film, fight more campaigns, work in more countries. I want to be able to recall experiences that have endured for their pleasure and range and intensity.

Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make use of the system to the attainment of human purposes?

The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.

I believe it is time for new leadership that is able to leave the '70s behind.

For me, being a director is about watching, not about telling people what to do. Or maybe it's like being a mirror; if they didn't have me to look at, they wouldn't be able to put the make-up on.

It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters.

There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange.

I seem to be able to get along with anybody when I work because I really enjoy being there.

You know, if we're going to bring down the price of gas, you have to have three things. You have to have a big reserve, you have to have the ability to develop oil out of that reserve quickly, and you have to be able to produce oil at a relatively low cost.

McDonald's is almost 50 years old. For 47 years we had a pretty consistent track record of being able to deliver admirable sales.

I'm lucky to have the privilege of being able to choose what I want to do.

That's always been a dream for me, to be able to collaborate and make music with the people that inspired you to make music.

We loved everything. We wanted to be able to do anything.

Had 'Bridesmaids' not ended up being so amazing and successful, we would never have been able to make 'Bachelorette.' So we are in awe of 'Bridesmaids' and totally owe them so much.

It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.

Everybody wants to be a Bond villain. That is the coolest. To be able to portray a Bond villain, that is the feather in any actor's cap.

I used to be able to slim down just by exercising more, but that's changed.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to see farther.

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.

The App Store has democratized the creation of content. As a 12-year-old kid, I was able to put my application on the store. No one knows who's behind the screen so you can't tell I'm a 12-year-old.

When you're a child you're able to assimilate so easily into any situation. You even start talking like the people you're around. I wasn't conscious that I was so good at that until I started to truly feel like an actor.

To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.

And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.

My mother would beat me so bad, I wouldn't be able to sit down. And I would never snitch.

I think, as I've gotten older, I've been able to be more reckless with my choices, because practically speaking, you get less careful. Your choices become more instinctive, and you feel like if you make a mistake, it won't destroy you.

I'll never be able to really see a film that I'm in.

The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in Wales. It was a great comfort.

Once you see the entertainment world from both sides, you really get a greater understanding of how it all operates. As an actor going into screenwriting, I was able to understand what type of dialogue feels natural and what an actor could actually say.

Eventually stardom is going to go away from me. It goes away from everybody and all you have in the end is to be able to look back and like the choices you made.

When I got back I found myself being very emotional about the time spent in Rwanda in a way that I hadn't been able to or allowed myself to be when we were there.

I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them.

My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content.

Sometimes I feel like I'm lacking a playfulness. I envy guys who are consistently able to maintain a playful, optimistic perspective on things.

More and more people are able to access information - thank goodness we have the Internet and if you are interested you can find things. Which is different than even 20 years ago.

I don't want to be able to see the audience.

We must govern from the middle, or we will not be able to govern at all.

We reduced the size of our front page code by about 50%, and by using absolute positioning, we are able to display important parts of the page before other parts may have fully loaded yet.

What we do now is to be valued - but we need to do more, so that it's more exciting to other people, and therefore that excitement shines back on us and we're able to have the energy to do more, to widen our creativity.

I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt.

Just putting my uniform on keeps me going. Being able to get out there keeps me going. That's the best therapy.

I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.

A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking-match.

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.

Turning the thermostat down is something that I do pretty reluctantly. I like to be able to walk around in whatever I fancy at home.

What drives me is really just being able to be a blessing to someone, you know. I really enjoy that, and as much as I can do, I will.

I can't sing, like, I can't saaang. I'm no Luther! That to me is singing. Being able to hit a note doesn't mean you can sing.

I love e-books. I can carry the complete works of William Shakespeare around with me all the time. Just think about that. Whether I'm on an airplane or wherever. Being able to have a library in your back pocket basically is something I support.

A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

No movie has ever been able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust, and I suspect none will ever be able to provide one for 9/11. Such subjects overwhelm art.

Dogs notice, they share, they draw conclusions, they like it when they're able to be of service and are touchingly grateful when they're praised.

I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want to produce but I think I'd be a very good producer because if I believed in something I'd be able to protect it.

Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre.

You don't find happiness by being able to buy everything you want, whenever you want it.