Quotes About Competence

We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.

Today any successful and competent businessman will employ the latest and best-tested methods in production, distribution, and administration, and many are discovering that one of the greatest of all efficiency methods is prayer power.

Take it from me—he's got the goods.

Skaitymas - gana sud?tingas psichologinis percepcijos procesas. <...> Tai reikalauja tam tikros intelektualin?s kompetencijos. Bet vis? pirma, reikalauja d?mesio ir susikaupimo - vis retesni? geb?jim? šiandieniniame pernelyg blaškan?iame pasaulyje

Agents and agencies can only be obliged to act in ways for which they have an adequate set of capabilities.

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.

Superiority -- doing things a little better than anybody else can do them.

Don't vote for someone just because they're a part of a certain party. There have been many great leaders from the main parties, and their greatness has been based on their abilities/skills, their knowledge, their experience and their intellectual prowess. Don't let their title or party membership sway you. Look for someone who is capable, competent and responsible, who is willing to put people before power.

My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going to be scared.

My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.

The French believe that kids feel confident when they're able to do things for themselves, and do those things well. After children have learned to talk, adults don't praise them for saying just anything. They praise them for saying interesting things, and for speaking well.

The French don't valorize a pregnant woman's anxiety. Instead, in the word cloud of French pregnancy, terms like serenity, balance, and Zen keep popping up. Mothers-to-be are supposed to signal their competence by showing how calm they are and by making it clear that they still experience pleasure. This small shift in emphasis makes a big difference.

There are no grown-ups. Everyone is winging it; some just do it more confidently.

However, sexual anorexics do have a definite profile that separates them from the larger population of those having difficulty being sexual: They are often extremely competent people who are committed to doing things very well and have a fear of making mistakes and being human.

A knife is only as good as the one who wields it.

I hate nothing more than doing things badly.

I hate nothing so much as doing a thing badly.

There was something about animals and babies that causes competent and sane adults to be reduced to a state of speaking pure gibberish. Normally,

The only real success is when you've done something well.

Or take bullies. There is a stereotype of bullies as social incompetents who take their frustrations out on others. But actually, when it comes to understanding the minds of people, bullies might be better than average—more savvy about what makes other people tick. This is precisely why they can be so successful at bullying. People with low social intelligence, low "cognitive empathy"? Those are more often the bullies' victims.

But what about the more emotional side of empathy? Here it's more complicated. He seemed to get the most from doctors who didn't feel as he did, who were calm when he was anxious, confident when he was uncertain. And he was particularly appreciative of certain virtues that have little directly to do with empathy, such as competence, honesty, professionalism, and certainly respect.

Why you? - (...) I'm the best. - Modest of you. - I am the best. Modesty has nothing to say about it.

In his dark suit, white shirt, and rep tie, he looked—and sounded—utterly professional. There was little chance he would make a mistake on direct or get tripped up on cross by a pettifogger, such as my own wily self.

Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.