Quotes About Competence

I was particularly good at math and science.

I'm a good acting partner for me... when I don't have anyone else, I do really well!

Mastery passes often for egotism.

I was always really good with the ball, I was always passing the ball, scoring, shooting the ball. I think for me, that's just a normal thing.

I'd say my main quality is keeping the ball and my passing.

time when learning how to learn (and unlearn) is central to success. Instead of hiding from change, let's embrace it. Each time we try something new, we get better at getting better. Experience builds competence and confidence, so we're ready for the big changes, like re-thinking what we do.

Assembly level programming] kind of still separates the chest hair—gender-independent—programmers from those who don't quite have it. — Brendan Eich

As long as no more than a small minority are capable of reading and writing, universal alphabetization seems like a messianic project. Only once everyone has this ability does one notice the catastrophe that almost no one can do it properly.

Pride in office without competence is as much a sin as competence without confidence.

There are experts in little things but there are no experts in big things. There are experts in this fact and that fact but there are no moral experts.

if you're smart enough to do the job, you're too smart to trust with the controls.

Fifty percent of all medical personnel graduate in the bottom half of their class.

TO ACT HONESTLY—EVEN AT THE RISK OF SAYING THE unpleasant truth, or of saying no and causing distress to others—if done with intelligence and tact, is the kindest thing to do, because it respects our own integrity and acknowledges in others the capacity to be competent and mature.

Theresa May and her advisers should understand that to rebuild faith in the competence and integrity of our government, transparency is vital. It shines light on the good as well as the bad. And it leads to better-informed decisions, therefore better outcomes.

You name the sport, I've played it. I was quarterback for a football team one year, played volleyball, played softball - you name it.

I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.

I believe in a Republic of Merit in which water is allowed to find its own level, where voters, like drivers, are tested before being turned loose.

While loyalists and defectors overall said John Smith did a better job of standing up for Labour's values, they put Blair ahead on representing the whole country, appealing beyond traditional Labour voters and offering strong, competent leadership; switchers to the Tories gave him a clear lead in all categories.

Films have become much more professional. It is now a secure place for people.

I always excelled in sports, so I knew I had advantages there. That really gave me, like, confidence and self-esteem.

There is nothing shameful about being efficient.

Actually, I think my hands are in the best shape they've ever been in terms of what I can do.

The idea of being in control for the sake of control is not really important to me. If everyone is sharp and doing what they're doing well, you don't really need to be in control all the time.

If you've got the talent it'll shine through.