#qualification

We respect the role of the Senate. We respect the authority of the Senate to look at the qualifications of Judge Roberts, and at the end of the day I'm optimistic that if given a fair hearing and a fair opportunity, that he will be confirmed. ↗

— Alberto Gonzales

#confirmed #day #end #end of the day #fair

The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received. ↗

— John le Carre

#always #cleanly #communicate #concern #directly

I have no qualifications to do anything else and there weren't any formal application forms you had to fill in for stand-up, so I thought I'd give that a twist. ↗

— Dylan Moran

#anything #application #else #fill #formal

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory. ↗

— George Savile

#good #good memory #memory #prophet #qualification

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent. ↗

— Stendhal

#first #historian #invent #qualification

We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves. ↗

— Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

#country #empower #enable #kind #our

Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think that's where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#am #because #comes #depressed #down

I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13. ↗

— Sean Connery

#because #had #having #i #left

At one time I thought he wanted to be an actor. He had certain qualifications, including no money and a total lack of responsibility. ↗

— Hedda Hopper

#certain #had #i #including #lack

It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions. ↗

— Charles Edward Merriam

#drama #happens #important #infrequently #into