Quotes About Competence

Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be, That may bothe werke wel and hastily.

The key to power, then, is the ability to judge who is best able to further your interests in all situations. Keep friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent.

You have to get comfortable [with your work], you really have to know what you're doing, and it has to be almost boring to you to be able to do it well.

The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work.

no job, no matter how lowly, is truly 'unskilled.

People know if you've got the goods, if you're easy to work with, and if you can get the job done.

I think Joan's advice would be: always know more than anyone else, always be discreet as possible. And never cry at work.

I'm tired of hearing you men say that this and that and the other isn't woman's work. Any work is woman's work that a woman can do well.

Perform your job better than anyone else can. That's the best job security I know.

To me the key thing is getting it right. And if a person's really smart and they're doing fantastic work I don't care if they're a high school kid or a Harvard professor, it's the work that matters.

I'm the best interviewer in the whole format. Except for Howard Stern, I'd put myself against anybody. Because I ask human questions.

I know Steve Kerr well and his basketball IQ is really high. He knows everything about basketball.

I know sound, and this is what I'm going to stick to: what I know.

It comes with experience and learning and knowing the game. It's not necessarily about sticking your chest out and saying, 'I'm tough.'

Acting is like roller skating. Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting.

I'm about a 160, 170 bowler so I feel like I'm pretty good - I'm average, but I don't stink, you know?

I just can't stomach playing poorly. More than anything, I hate not getting the most out of my game.

I hate to talk about myself like that, but if I had to straight up tell a head coach or an owner why they should take me, it's because I'm the best in everything I've done.

The strangest thing about the low quality of Internet argument is that effective argument isn't really so difficult. Sure, not everyone can be Clarence Darrow, but anyone who wants to be at least competent at argument can do it.

I'm not the world's best philosopher. But I am one of the world's best strategists. I will put my strategic abilities against anybody on Earth.

I submit it is not in the competence of the President to choose his own procedure. This is either a constitutional body or it is not. If it is an autocracy let you say so and we will leave it.

When you're with a girl, it's always best to act like you're an old hand at everything—not to impress her, but just to make sure she feels safe.

La gente lista debería hacer cosas».

Y el 99,9 por ciento de las veces no era porque no supieran disparar un arma,