Quotes About Competence

No higher praise can be awarded a fighter pilot than to say he is "shit hot." (The phonetic version used in polite company is "Sierra Hotel.")

He had to appreciate a creature that knew what it was doing.

When I'm finished, I have a sense of accomplishment. A sense of competence. I am good at doing the laundry. At least that. And it's a religious experience, you know. Water, earth, fire—polarities of wet and dry, hot and cold, dirty and clean. The great cycles—round and round—beginning and end—Alpha and Omega, amen. I am in touch with the GREAT SOMETHING-OR-OTHER. For a moment, at least, life is tidy and has meaning.

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.

skill and competence are far more important than friendly feelings.

noisy man is listened to first, and then the quiet man; and since wars are noisy and violent, it may take long for the ability of quiet men to be recognized, or for their voices to be heard above the bellowing of incompetents.

Extraction?" Taf sighed. "I can do more than drive. I can shoot, too. All us debutantes learn how to shoot before we get our first push-up bras.

Any physical action, properly studied and practiced, could no doubt be accomplished with a reasonable amount of skill, if not flair.

Grammar, he felt, was a sign of competence, not of excellence.

I'm finding it takes too much energy to do the things that people do to pass for competent adults.

I know, baby girl, I'm that good.

Measure me by the caliber of my foes.

Technically, according to the notion of the will of God, there is no such a thing as a competent surgeon.

Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.

A man who knew his job as he spent a long time commanding a regiment and who earned great respect from everybody.

I have great respect for directors who know what they're doing.

I want to keep playing at the kind of level where I'll get respect from everybody.

There is only one way to receive intellectual respect, and that is to earn it. A degree doesn't mean anything, as there are too many maleducated morons running around with them to impress anyone.

If you don't know how to hold a board, you're going to look phony. That's was the biggest pressure for me was to have that respect and to look up to that.

I have a lot of respect for people with a lot of talent.

I don't think I've shied away from anybody. I'm not scared. I respect hitters, but I'm not afraid.

I'm often asked, Which is more important--attitude or skill? The answer is that it's somewhat like asking which leg of a three-legged stool is most important. It is my complete conviction, based on a considerable amount of research, that if you have the right attitude, combined with the right skills, and build your attitude and your skills on a solid character base, you can enjoy long-lasting success.

An intellectual is a person who acquired the knowledge and knows where and how to use it.

Nothing gets easier but our abilities get better.