Quotes About Competence

Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing only.

My problem is that I can do variety of roles.

If you look at the 19 hijackers who came to the United States in Sept. 11 to commit those acts, if you'd looked at them before they got onto a plane, you could probably say the same thing. There were various levels of expertise, various levels of competence.

The principle of democracy is all about delegation of power by the vast majority of citizens through a few chosen representatives chosen on merit and competence.

The vast majority of Secret Service agents are incredibly competent people.

You gotta know that you're better than anybody, 'cause to me, if you don't go in like that, you're gonna lose! They're gonna punk you out! On any stage, court, business venture, on the anchor desk - whatever. You've got to go in believing, 'I can do this better than anybody.'

I think if you can be as versatile as you can be, you'll be the best player you can be.

I play on all the consoles, but Xbox, mostly. I'm versatile, though, so whatever's going on, I'll take care of it.

I'm versatile in every part of my game - except being nice, which I am only at home.

Be able to shoot, be able to pass and do all those extra things that I can't make up with freakish athleticism, the freakish body type that I don't have, I have to make up for it with being versatile.

It's reassuring to have people acknowledge the fact that I can be versatile.

I've always thought I'm a lot more versatile than I've shown the floor.

My versatility is my greatest asset, and I bring a unique skill set to the court.

Versatility is an extra string to a player's bow.

There's no doubt about it: I think that my versatility helps me.

First, we must be able to control our own temper. This is easier when we do not see the child's behavior as a threat to our own competence, but rather as a function of the child's current inability to cope with frustration.

If there really is a God, which is, at very best, extremely debatable, he has a terrible sense of humor. Because the detective in charge of deciphering the carnage is Detective Anderson, a man who has lived his life without making a friend of intelligence, wit, or competence. And

One of the advantages of real worth is that menial tasks can always be left to someone else.

Doesn't ability to do the job come into the equation? Of course not, you fool, said Jimmy. This is politics.

We all have to be knowledgeable about something, and Cheddar is my specialty.

We need more government, but also a much more competent and honest government. Economic reform and political reform must go hand in hand. Without the one there cannot be the other. The

Moving to something else, whatever else the virtues of that new career path, will rob you of the resources and competence you have built doing what you do.

I never said that I knew everything. I'm just confident that I'm well-informed on many subjects.

Your hands already know too much.