Skill Quotes - page 5

Too often in the past, we have thought of the artist as an idler and dilettante and of the lover of arts as somehow sissy and effete. We have done both an injustice. The life of the artist is, in relation to his work, stern and lonely. He has labored hard, often amid deprivation, to perfect his skill. He has turned aside from quick success in order to strip his vision of everything secondary or cheapening. His working life is marked by intense application and intense discipline. (John F. Kennedy)
Nowadays when a poet with one privately printed book can have his next three years taken care of by a Guggenheim fellowship, a Kenyon Review fellowship, and the Prix de Rome, it is hard to remember what chances the poet took in that small-town world, how precariously hand-to-mouth his existence was. And yet in one way the old days were better; [Vachel] Lindsay after a while, by luck and skill, got far more readers than any poet could get today. View quote
Randall Jarrell
Creativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It's a skill. View quote
Jonah Lehrer
The good and eatable fish are separated by the fishers' skill from the bad and poisonous fish, so that the enjoyment of the good should not be spoilt by any of the bad getting into the "vessels" with them. The work of true sobriety is the same; from all pursuits and habits to choose that which is pure and improving, rejecting in every case that which does not seem likely to be useful, and letting it go back into the universal and secular life, called "the sea" (Matthew 13:47-48), in the imagery of the Parable. View quote
Gregory of Nyssa
We do not accost a physician as we do any mere nobody; nor a magistrate as we do a private individual. We try to get some advantage from the skill of the one and the position of the other. Walk in the sun, and your shadow will follow you, whether you will or not. View quote
Basil of Caesarea
Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out. View quote
Martin Seligman
Inventing is a skill that some people have and some people don't. But you can learn how to invent. View quote
Ray Dolby
I'd had years of practise looking dumb when people threw out Greek names I didn't know. It's a skill of mine. Annabeth keeps telling me to read a book of Greek myths, but I don't see the need. It's easier just to have folks explain stuff. View quote
Rick Riordan
Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful planning. View quote
Felix Baumgartner
Skill is a function of chance. It's an intuitive best-use of chance situations. View quote
Philip K. Dick
But to proceed; as in order and place, so also in matter of her Creation, Woman far excells Man. things receive their value from the matter they are made of, and the excellent skill of their maker: Pots of common clay must not contend with China-dishes, nor pewter utensils vye dignity with those of silver.... Woman was not composed of any inanimate or vile dirt, but of a more refined and purified substance, enlivened and actuated by a Rational Soul, whose operations speak it a beam, or bright ray of Divinity. (Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa)
The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice. View quote
Brian Herbert
If in normal conditions it is skill, which counts, in such extreme situations, it is the spirit, which saves. View quote
Walter Bonatti
T.V. acting is a great skill to have, and it's nice to have that stability. View quote
Debby Ryan
Please, sit down," Sharon said with another hair toss. I made a mental note to practice doing that in a mirror the next time I saw one. it seemed a useful skill, right up there with roundhouse kicks. View quote
James Patterson
It is possible to achieve mastery of a problem or a skill without hurting another person or even without attempting to conquer. View quote
Elliot Aronson
We must also focus on helping those most vulnerable to having their jobs displaced due to the rapid pace of technological change, and work together to assist them in learning a new skill so they can continue to provide for themselves and for their families. View quote
Ivanka Trump
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. View quote
Kevin Mitnick
I think most people agree there is a component of skill in art making; you have to learn grammar before you learn how to write. View quote
Chris Van Allsburg
In my experience, the skill of success breaks down into three things. The skill of marketing. The skill of sales. And the skill of leadership. View quote
Michael Ellsberg
Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily health to self realization. Yoga means union - the union of body with consciousness and consciousness with the soul. Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day to day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions. (B.K.S. Iyengar)
A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows. View quote
Doug Larson
We recruit for attitude and train for skill. View quote
Atul Gawande
In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let alone for the rest of your life. The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn. View quote
John Naisbitt
Disgust with injustice may sharpen the desire for justice. Readers who don't see this connection merely wish to be entertained, and I have neither skill nor desire to turn the agony of a people into entertainment. View quote
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