Quotes about skill
skills trying blame
I'm trying to be confrontational and direct. If I lack directness then I only have myself to blame because I lack the skills to make my point clear. Henry Rollins
skills narrative
History is a set of skills rather than a narrative. Hilary Mantel
skills excellence entertainment
the excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the subject than in the author's skill in well dressing it up. Henry Fielding
skills dimensions should
New Zealand and SA should take this dimension into account, the skills South Africans are presently contributing to New Zealand. Helen Clark
skills people suffering
It seems to me that people who don’t learn as easily as others suffer from a kind of learning disability—there is something different about the way they comprehend unfamiliar material—but I fail to see how this disability is improved by psychiatric consultation. What seems to be lacking is a technical ability that those of us called ‘good students’ are born with. Someone should concretely study these skills and teach them. What does a shrink have to do with the process? John Irving
skills roots people
It is too often forgotten that when the Europeans gained enough maritime skills and gunpowder to conquer most of the world, they not only colonized the bulk of the world's people but they colonized the interpretation of history itself. Human history was rewritten to favor them at the expense of other people. The roots of modern racism can be traced to this conquest and colonization. John Henrik Clarke
skills
Those who have the most skills are the coolest.
skills
Are your skills up-to-date? Is what you do in demand?
skills poison adequate
Education, whatever else it should or should not be, must be an inoculation against the poisons of life and an adequate equipment in knowledge and skill for meeting the chances of life. Havelock Ellis
skills tough introducing
We are being tough in saying it is a duty on the unemployed in future not only to be available for work - and not to shirk work - but also to get the skills for work. That is a new duty we are introducing. Gordon Brown
skills political humanity
The belief, not only of the socialist but of those so-called liberals who are diligently preparing the way for them is that by due skill an ill working humanity may be framed into well-working initiations. It is delusion. The defective natures of citizens will show themselves in bad acting of whatever social structure they are arranged into. There is no political alchemy by which you can get golden conduct out of laden instincts. Herbert Spencer
skills apples knowing
My skills weren't that I knew how to design a floppy disk, I knew how to design a printer interface, I knew how to design a modem interface; it was that, when the time came and I had to get one done, I would design my own, fresh, without knowing how other people do it. That was another thing that made me very good. All the best things that I did at Apple came from (a) not having money, and (b) not having done it before, ever. Every single thing that we came out with that was really great, I'd never once done that thing in my life. Jessica Livingston
skills style enthusiasm
My style of playing is more enthusiasm and instinct than skill. Florence Welch
skills organization work-out
Five coordinating mechanisms seem to explain the fundamental ways in which organizations coordinate their work: mutual adjustment, direct supervision, standardization of work processes, standardization of work outputs, and standardization of worker skills. Henry Mintzberg
skills two together
Management and leadership are not separate spheres. The two skills work together in the larger realm of “communityship.
skills broken luck
He’s very pretty. For a human.” “He’s very broken,” said Magnus. “Like a lovely vase that someone has smashed. Only luck and skill can put it back together the way it was before. Cassandra Clare
skills mind london
Downworld?" Tessa echoed, puzzled. "Is that a place in London?" "Never mind that," said Will. "I'm boasting of my investigative skills, and I would prefer to do it without interruption.
skills acting clubs
When you're shooting at 9 A.M. at a club, you have to use all of your acting skills. Gillian Jacobs
skills laughing survival
I had developed a survival skill of using my wit to score for myself. If a scene was dying, I'd lob in these little bombshell lines that would get me some attention and a laugh without really helping the scene. Harold Ramis
skills giving trying
First lead [in a movie] requires a different approach like trying not to give it all away in the first scene. It is a skill, a learned skill. James Cromwell
skills people facts
Fluid intelligence doesn't look much like the capacity to memorise and recite facts, the skills that people have traditionally associated with brainpower. Jamais Cascio
skills historical research
I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills. Iris Chang
skills soul understanding
The schematicism by which our understanding deals with the phenomenal world ... is a skill so deeply hidden in the human soul that we shall hardly guess the secret trick that Nature here employs. Immanuel Kant
skills knowing
There is great skill in knowing how to conceal one's skill. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
skills hiding ability
To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
skills tricks proof
Tricks and treachery are merely proofs of lack of skill.
skills two way
There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward. Jeff Bezos
skills clay notable
Mitch McConnell, 72, is second only to Henry Clay as the state'€™s most consequential public servant. McConnell's skills have been honed through five terms. He is, however - let us say the worst - not cuddly. National Review has said he has 'an owlish, tight-lipped public demeanor reminiscent of George Will.' Harsh. But true. George Will
skills difficulty workers
A lot of these industries are having difficulty finding reliable workers with the skills they require. Jerry Rubin
skills nervous natural
That's the most comfortable place for me. In the beginning, yes, I was nervous going on stage. I was not a natural performer. I really had to acquire that skill. Jerry Seinfeld
skills two people
There are more social skills required to talk one-on-one [than to an audience]. You don't have to be socially fluid to talk to two thousand people.
skills long tasks
How long will it be 'till we've turned To the tasks and the skills That we'll have to have learned If we're going to find our place in the future And have something to offer Where this planet's concerned? Jackson Browne
skills storytelling underrated
Storytelling is by far the most underrated skill in business. Gary Vaynerchuk