Can Do Quotes

No man is obliged to do as much as he can do. A man is to have part of his life to himself.

Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

When you are in a bad production there are two things you can do. You can do your best or you can leave. I chose to do the third thing which was sulk.

That's all you have to ask from yourself writing a book. That it's the best you can do and that you did it without any ego involved and that you did it for somebody else. That's the best you can do.

Why I have had such a huge career and why I have sold over four million books, is that people can do what I share with them to do.

The more we can do to create a better society, that benefits more people, the better chance we have that our society will continue to grow and prosper.

You need to paint with enough assurance and confidence to know you can do whatever you like.

But what I've learned is, when your adrenaline is flowing, you can do a lot. I'm not very physical, but once some punks were trying to break into my house and I chased them down.

I'm just saying -- you can't prevent other people from disappointing you. It's bound to happen at some point. We're all only human. What you can do is decide how you're going to deal with it.

There's so much more you can do with the dynamics of songs when they're simple... I think it was what I needed in my life - there was a lot going on, a lot of layers.

But sometimes you lose. Nothing you can do but admit it. -Eli

Pretend to be a delinquent?" I asked clarifying. "You can do it," Dave advised me. "Just don't smile, and try to look like you're considering stealing something.

All the bitchy girls in the world are just a training ground for what men can do to you.

I'll tell you this, lad: A tattoo says more of a fellow looking at it than it can do of the man who's got it on his back.

Do not hurry too fast in these early winter days, - a quiet hour is worth more to you than anything you can do in it.

Not doing things you can do is the whole point of laziness. Not doing something you can't do is just sensible.

Sitting down with younger women writers and saying, "This is what I do and you can do this" is hugely important.

I'm not wanting and I don't live in a hovel, but if you keep your costs low, you can do what you want to do creatively.

You can't do science in a novel, but you can do philosophy. Or, if you're really lucky, you can manage to pose a question in such a way that other people will take it on.

The best any human can do is to pick a delusion that helps him get through the day

You can do irrefutably impossible things with the right amount of planning and support from intelligent and hardworking people and pizza.

When you do something bad and you know you can do it, only you know you can do it. And do it while it's hot, man.

I am very disciplined in my life and very up front. It is the only way I can do it and do it well. I am up every day at 7, and I feed my kids, no matter how long the day was.

Comics can do any kind of story. It's words and pictures, the only things it can't do are sing and dance.

All we can do is try not to fall.

One way to think about running a successful business is to figure out what the least you can do is, and do that.

I woke up. I was like, "Look, you can do anything you want - and you want a lot of things, so you should get to work."

Why do people criticise his intelligence when he can do something as miraculous as that?

I've always felt very comfortable with accents. Once I get an accent, I can do it, and that's just something I've been able to do my whole life.

The meditation traditions I started and have continued practicing have all emphasized inclusivity: anyone can do this who is interested.

The worst thing you can do is end up with a network show on cable or end up with a cable show on network.

TV is just such a fast-moving medium that you do what you can do, and what you can't do, you don't worry about too much.

I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children

The dead won’t hurt you, Shahara. Only the living can do that. (Syn)

It can’t eat him. I forbid it. (Artemis) She can do as she pleases. I taught her to waste not, want not. (Acheron)

There are some pains that run too deep for anything to absolve them. The best we can do is pick up the pieces and hope for the strength we need to keep going.

No can do. Wren stays here. (Dev) Not what I was told. (Varyk) Well, I just told you. (Dev)

I think this group of people came together in a way that they haven't before in 2007. I'm very optimistic we can do something ... I want to get there, I want to support this.

You want to feel that you can do something creative that you love without being picked apart and mutilated for other people's pleasure.

James Cameron thinks we can do anything. He'll let you try anything. There are very few geniuses in the world, let alone in our business, and he's certainly one of them.

What one fool can do another can.

In relation to the question of hope, I think the only hope we have is hope against hope. We hope for a better world. But of course we can do better than just hope.

In my experience, the worst thing you can do to an important problem is to discuss it.

When something works for you or another brand, ask yourself, 'Why?' Then don't copy it but think about what you can do that's unique to you and better.

You read some good reviews and then you read a bad one, and the bad one pisses you off but there's nothing you can do. It's just an opinion.

Everyone can help, everyone can do one thing. Start by your heart: what you want.

Good people can do bad things, make bad decisions. It doesn't make them bad people.

Because I know what it feels like to be used, valued only for what you can do... not who you are, not who you want to be.

The worst thing a girl can do is trail after a boy when a love affair is dead.