Quotes About Acumen

The weird thing about this business - and I'm sure this operates in many other things, but it's very present and acute in this business - is that a lot of people don't realize that they have power. Particularly actors.

One has to draw upon one's own musical thoughts and one's own musical acumen, and not to be afraid to let that come into one's work. Perhaps that comes with more experience, but perhaps it also comes with daring, and believing that you should.

It's not about whether we should have a conservative or a liberal. It's about, do we have someone that has the mental acumen to understand what the laws are, and not write laws but defend the laws. That's the whole purpose of three branches of government.

There's book smart, there is street smart, there's relationship smart, there's too many different kinds of smarts to know all of them. Everybody doesn't know every kind of smart. There's money smart, there's movie smart, there's computer smart. There's just too many different kinds of smarts for people to know all the smarts.

And finding what people miss is key to any success.

I've got no business acumen whatsoever.

I love Sarah Jessica Parker; I've worked with her. I think she's amazing... She's a great producer and has a great business acumen.

The sharp employ the sharp.

You either know fashion or you don't.

Many admire, few know.

He didn't seem like the sharpest tool in the shed.

Rockefeller attributed much of his success to his quick head for figures.

I can tell you, she really knows her job. So do boa constrictors, said Audrey.

I believe we can accelerate our acumen, performance and success by leveraging our associations and spending time with people better than us.

And I'm a little mean to people who are dumb. And most people are dumb.

Horse sense is what keeps horses from betting on people.

It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.

O que a tornava superior e lhe dava probabilidade de triunfo, era a arte de acomodar-se às circunstâncias do momento e a toda a casta de espíritos, arte preciosa, que faz hábeis os homens e estimáveis as mulheres.

use your brain as cleverly as you use your hips and mouth.

the smartest man in the world

People are smarter than you might think.

where perspicacity is weakened,

intelligence and wisdom aren't the same.

knowledge is the most powerful thing on earth, harvest it and use it wisely