Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ashleigh Brilliant

If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage

Albert Einstein

Human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral standards and values above the discoverers of objective truth.

Alexander Graham Bell

The great advantage [the telephone] possesses over every other form of electrical apparatus consists in the fact that it requires no skill to operate the instrument.

Mark Cuban

Doesnt matter what your skill and physical gifts are if you cant get your head right.

Ally Carter

Waiting. Like it or not, it's a skill all spies have to master eventually.

Ally Carter

Learn her skills, honor her sword, and keep her secrets.

Amy Walter

When Jeb Bush came on the shows and couldn't answer questions about Iraq, and when he looked like he was unsteady, it absolutely solidified the concerns that they had had all along about his skills.

Abbas Kiarostami

Of the hundreds of points to enter and exit that are offered to me, I have to choose the one that I feel is the least wrong, the least fake. It is fake, it is a moment that I choose to erupt the story, but I make it as smooth as I can. What enables me to do it is the skill of filmmaking.

Adam Smith

The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment with which it is anywhere directed, or applied, seem to have been the effects of the division of labour.

Adam Pally

At around 19 I realized that I really didn't have any skills other than making people laugh, so I should probably pursue it full-time.

Alicia Vikander

I love to see how far you're able to go, both in skills but also emotionally how far I can push myself.

Albert Bandura

As a general rule, moderate levels of arousal facilitate deployment of skills, whereas high arousal disrupts it. This is especially true of complex activities requiring intricate organization of behavior

Daniel Kahneman

The illusion of skill is not only an individual aberration; it is deeply ingrained in the culture of the [investment management] industry.

Daniel Kahneman

The evidence is unequivocal, there's a great deal more luck than skill in people getting very rich.

Czeslaw Milosz

I have no wisdom, no skills, and no faith but I received strength, it tears the world apart. I shall break, a heavy wave, against its shores and a young wave will cover my trace.

Alexander Pope

Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will, And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill.

Drew Barrymore

My culinary skills are terrible. I can't even make toast taste good. I do make scrambled eggs for myself sometimes but I wouldn't even inflict that on anyone else.

Douglas Wilson

Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn't realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer.

Deepak Chopra

Whatever you are passionate about, there is some skill associated with it and there's some service associated with it. Go for it, and don't worry about the money all the time.

Deborah Bull

But you do have to start young as a dancer if you're going to achieve the physical skills necessary.

Deborah Bull

People often argue about this. Obviously one of the skills in performance is acting, and you can't expect every Romeo to really be in love with their Juliet!

Amar'e Stoudemire

I feel dominant - I feel the triangle offense utilizes all my skills.

Ann Patchett

Staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps.

Anita Roddick

But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it, it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want.

Anita Roddick

My goal was livelihood. We don't use that word often enough. If I could give one piece of advice to anyone it's don't obsess with this notion that you have to turn everything you do into a business, because that ends up being a small version of a large company. But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it, it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want.

Andrew Weil

Happiness is a skill. It requires effort and time.

Chuck Palahniuk

For the record, knowing when people are only pretending to like you isn't such a great skill to have.

Dale Archer

To my knowledge, there have been no studies done on the effects of antidepressants and altitude. But it is hugely important to find out if there are side effects. We should also find out what are the effects on fine motor skills and reaction time. These are all important questions that should be assessed.

Dale Carnegie

My popularity, my happiness and sense of worth depend to no small extent upon my skill in dealing with people.

Dale Carnegie

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

Alma Guillermoprieto

The best translators slip into the glove of a text and then turn it inside out into another language, and the whole thing comes out looking like a brand-new glove again. I'm completely in awe of this skill, since I happen to be both bilingual and a writer, but nevertheless a lousy translator.

Anne Sexton

Even so, I must admire your skill. You are so gracefully insane.

Anthony Minghella

You know, you lose a lot of social skills if you’re a writer. You spend too long alone. And it’s forced me to address that.