Quotes about skill
skills australia flying
In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing pilots to the limits of mechanical skills and human endurance. Aviation was young. Mary Garden
skills track perfect
Your relationship is not supposed to be perfect all the time, your business is not supposed to do well all the time, your soufflés are not supposed to raise perfectly all the time. Everything is designed to go wrong so that you can gain the skills of rediscovering your tracks, even in difficult or frightening circumstances. Especially in difficult and frightening circumstances. Martha Beck
skills grace dull
Learning to quit while you're not ahead, when the dull ooze of depression tells you things are not going to get any better, is one of the best financial and life skills you can master.
skills soldier luck
To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill. Patrick MacGill
skills tradition music-is
I was always wrapped around music being a tradition, a skill. King Krule
skills people scarcity
My major problem with the world is a problem of scarcity in the midst of plenty ... of people starving while there are unused resources ... people having skills which are not being used. Milton Friedman
skills doubt instinct
doubt is a skill. credulity ,by contrast, appears to be something very like an instinct Kathryn Schulz
skills language journalism
I found in investigative journalism it is always best, if you have any language skills, not to admit them. Julian Assange
skills brain cows
Consider a cow. A cow doesn't have the problem-solving skill of a chimpanzee, which has discovered how to get termites out of the ground by putting a stick into a hole. Evolution has developed the brain's ability to solve puzzles, and at the same time has produced in our brain a pleasure of solving problems. Martin Gardner
skills decision decision-making
Decision-making is a skill. Wisdom is a leadership trait. Mark Millar
skills use oratory
I don't have any oratory skills. But I would not use them if I had. Noam Chomsky
skills best-experiences use
The best experience for me at CMU was being on stage so much, getting that comfort ability and learning that technique you can use with any type of work because you’re comfortable with it and know your skill as an actor. Matt Bomer
skills people personality
People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills. Marvin Bower
skills boxing champion
Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. Muhammad Ali
skills people cookies
Selling cookies helped me to realize that you needed to have a certain way to communicate with people. You also needed business skills. You knew you needed to sell a certain amount of boxes, so that gave me some business sense. Maria Bartiromo
skills training use
This was good training for research, because large parts of experimental work are sometimes boring or involve the use of skills in which one is not particularly gifted. Martin Lewis
skills knowing cooking
Cooking is for chefs. Science informs us and lets us cook while knowing what we are doing, but it is not a replacement for the skills of a chef. Nathan Myhrvold
skills technique comedy
Comedy takes a very specific technique, specific skills. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
skills scientist should
You should prefer a good scientist without literary abilities than a literate one without scientific skills Leonardo da Vinci
skills moral possession
I was aware that on my skill as a painter would depend the physical and moral possession of the model... Paul Gauguin
skills excellent
I'm pretty good at putting up drywall and I'm an excellent kisser. That's pretty much all of my skills right there. Patrick Rothfuss
skills environment areas
I am extremely intentional in making the environment around me playful and loving. I have great skill in that area. Patch Adams
skills acting bonus
That's what I like about acting. When you're preparing for a role, you do your research, and the bonus is you get to learn these skills. Now, it's on to whatever the next thing is I have to learn. Parminder Nagra
skills people important
One of the most important skills at [reporting] is not so much what comes out of your mouth but what you hear. To listen. When you interview people, it's very important to understand the nuances of what they're saying and to understand when they have actually made news-when they've told you something that they haven't told anybody else. Lester Holt
skills car discipline
If you say you want to automate cars and save people's lives, the skills you need for that aren't taught in any particular discipline. I know - I was interested in working on automating cars when I was a Ph.D. student in 1995. Larry Page
skills interesting acting
Actors walk around wearing these little tool-belts of acting skills. And I just don't find that interesting to watch. I never want to see someone who clearly can cry at the drop of a hat. That's so uninteresting. Kristen Stewart
skills hip-hop robots
Supersonic bionic robot voodoo power Equator ex my chance to flex skills on Ampex Kool Keith
skills duplicity politician
The upside of being in the closet is that you develop skills of duplicity, which are great for big-time politicians. Kirby Dick
skills cities divinity
Divine nature gave us fields, human skill built our cities. -Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes Marcus Terentius Varro
skills keys people
Presentation skills are key. People who work for you represent your brand. You want them to present themselves - and represent you - in a certain way. Marc Benioff
skills people computer
It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills. Kevin Mitnick
skills succeed tasks
Remember the 'Parable of the Talents' in the New Testament? Christ exhorts us to be the best we can be by developing our skills and abilities, by succeeding in all our tasks and endeavors. What better description can there be of capitalism? Margaret Thatcher
skills social-worker reason
One of the reasons I came into politics was because I thought I lacked the skills to be a social worker. Margaret Beckett