"I had worked so hard; that was my opportunity. And my mom was just able to turn it around for me. She helped me to be able to see the other side of things and that this is not the end for me."

--- Allyson Felix

"religion is about having the right answers, and some of their answers are right... but i am about the process that takes you to the living answer... it will change you from the inside. there are a lot of smart people who are able to say a lot of right things from their brain because they have been told what the right answers are, but they don't know me at all."

--- William P. Young

"I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor."

--- Benedict Cumberbatch

"We are not all able to do all things."

--- Virgil

"How I measure success is getting to make another record and being able to the come back to the same town and play again cause you sold out the last time."

--- Bonnie Raitt

"Love is love! People should be able to do whatever makes them happy!"

--- Britney Spears

"You know that only thing that has made the whole thing worthwhile has been those few times that I was able to truly connect with another person."

--- Tom Ford

"Faith may want answers, but somehow it is able to survive without them."

--- Carolyn Custis James

"And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay."

--- Chico Hamilton

"Luckily, I'm in the position now of being able to play purely because I have the desire to do so."

--- Chico Hamilton

"I've been able to see the world many times over. The thing I've learned is less is more. I travel as light as possible. I try to carry on."

--- Chris Harrison

"A sovereign of high character and intelligence must be able to know the right man, should place the responsibility on him, and expect results."

--- Sun Tzu

"The level of achievement that we have at anything, is a reflection, of how well, we were able to focus on it. Because the only thing that's holding you back, is the way you're thinking."

--- Steve Vai

"I don't know how much longer I can keep going without a friend. I used to be able to do it very easily, but that was before I knew what having a friend was like."

--- Stephen Chbosky

"During recording, the most important thing of all is to "sing sincerely" from the heart. When you guys listen to my songs and able to feel my sincere singing, I will be very happy."

--- Daesung

"I never thought of myself as being in the avant-garde. I said what I had to say, as I was able to say it."

--- Simone de Beauvoir

"Because I want to see. I've got to know what's going to happen while I'm still enough in control to be able to do something about it."

--- Daniel Keyes

"I think all life situations are built for you to be able to share."

--- Shonlock

"Flying. Whatever any other organism has been able to do man should surely be able to do also, though he may go a different way about it."

--- Samuel Butler

"Well, I can't remember not being able to read. I was told I could read by myself very well at the age of three."

--- Diana Gabaldon

"Adults in a free country should be able to smoke a joint if they want to."

--- Roseanne Barr

"People should not be able to vote to take away the rights of others."

--- Ron Paul

"I've had a lot of unhappiness in my life — and a lot of happiness. Who doesn't? Maybe I've learned enough to be able to guide my daughters."

--- Rita Hayworth

"I identify with someone wanting something to work out, but not being able to get through the rocks to the river."

--- Emile Hirsch

"What a thrill to be able to say that you had a contribution in the life of someone - a young person, perhaps, who is trying to take a look at the possibility of their own lives and find out what they are good at and you can help steer their career."

--- Erik Weihenmayer

"If I had my way, I'd always be onstage. But I won't always be able to be onstage."

--- Paul Stanley

"Stories only happen to those who are able to tell them."

--- Paul Auster

"It’s just simply the fact that the NSA does not think anybody should be able to communicate anywhere on the Earth without them being able to invade it."

--- Glenn Greenwald

"Most of us are living out the unlived lives of our mothers, because they were not able to become the unique people they were born to be."

--- Gloria Steinem

"For me, I've been really, really lucky because I have been able to play a lot of different parts."

--- Noureen DeWulf

"You come to doing what you do by not being able to do something."

--- Grace Paley

"Our own peculiar human condition is that we are as fit to be laughed at as able to laugh."

--- Michel de Montaigne

"It's always great when you're able to give fans what they expect and even a little more."

--- Ice Cube

"Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it."

--- Maya Angelou

"What keeps me going is that quest for just being able to be present and be myself. Not for people, but for me."

--- Janet Mock

"We have the authority to take action, but responsible authority means not only being able to take action, but knowing when and how to take that action."

--- Janet Reno

"If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now."

--- Marie Osmond

"The greatest sign of success for a teacher...is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist.""

--- Maria Montessori

"Being rich and famous has never been my goal at all. I love to act and I want to be able to do really great parts."

--- Jenn Proske

"I love going one-on-one with someone. That's what I do. I've never lost. It's a whole different game, just to have them right in front of you and be able to do whatever you want."

--- Kobe Bryant

"I want to be able to sing well, but I have the worst voice in the world."

--- Kate Upton