Quotes in Ability

Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

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Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as "suits."

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Nerds don't just happen to dress informally. They do it too consistently. Consciously or not, they dress informally as a prophylactic measure against stupidity.

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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.


Never try to teach a pig to sing: it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.

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You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren.


The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.

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