“The ability to learn is older — as it is also more widespread — than is the ability to teach.”
Margaret Mead (1901–1978) American anthropologist
Source: 1960s, Continuities in Cultural Evolution (1964), p. 44
“One of the chief reasons for the widespread fear of the Huns rested on their ability to travel very long distances in relatively short periods. This ability may well have been based on their use of horseshoes.”
Source: The Evolution of Civilizations (1961) (Second Edition 1979), Chapter 10, Western Civilization, p. 349
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“The chief use of servants is the evidence they afford of the master's ability to pay.”
Thorstein Veblen book The Theory of the Leisure Class
Source: The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), p. 62
“My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief.”
Michele Bachmann (1956) American politician
responding to allegations in
2010s, 2012 Presidential campaign
Context: I have prescription medication that I take whenever symptoms arise and they keep the migraines under control. I'd like to be abundantly clear: My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief.
Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) actor, director, producer, screenwriter
As quoted at the Christopher Reeve Foundation http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/c.geIMLPOpGjF/b.1097025/k.6FF5/Christopher_and_Dana_Reeve.htm, also in Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research (2008) by Clive N. Svendsen and Allison D. Ebert, Vol. 1, p. 104
Johann Georg Hamann (1730–1788) German philosopher
Sämtliche Werken, ed. Josef Nadler (1949-1957), vol. III, p. 286.
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator
Source: Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millenium (1997), Chapter 14, "The Common Enemy"
Context: Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term. One of the criteria for national leadership should therefore be a talent for understanding, encouraging, and making constructive use of vigorous criticism.
Robert Grosseteste (1175–1253) English bishop and philosopher
De iride (On the rainbow) Note this prediction of optical scientific instruments like the telescope and microscope, not to be utilized until 250 years later.
“Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness.”
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 74