Quotes About Competence

Lefty Grove could throw a lamb chop past a wolf.

To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.

Women deeply want men who are competent and powerful. And I don't mean power in that they can exert tyrannical control over others. That's not power. That's just corruption.

Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players. But others hire below their skills to make themselves look good. So B players hire C players. C players hire D players, etc.

It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.

I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy; I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence; I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education.

My pitch is very simple. My name is Theresa May, and I think I'm the best person to be Prime Minister of this country.

Every one of my opponents, every one of my critics, will tell you that I am a generalist spread far too thin in an age when this is not done anymore, when responsible knowledge is specialized knowledge.

The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.

I do feel like I have a lot more confidence now. I can shot list the episode before I start, but then, as things happen on set, I know how to adjust so I can still execute the scene completely, and I still know how to make my days.

I think experience is a terribly overrated idea when it comes to thinking about who should become president.

What's nice about having an engineering degree is everybody thinks you are smart.

People innately have lots of solutions. It sounds like an obvious thing, but everyone thinks that they can be prime minister; everyone thinks that they can do a better job.

Every pilot thinks they're the best pilot in the world. I think I'm the best pilot.

Thirty per cent of coaching is tactics, 70% social competence.

Thomas Muller is an excellent player.

Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.

He played the King as though under momentary apprehension that someone else was about to play the ace.

There's no need to overwhelm yourself with thoughts, because you know that you're just as good or better than some of the players you're going up against.

it's time to stop reaching out to ministers. They're just not up to the task, and they don't know what they're talking about. I think this guy made that abundantly clear.

Competent manipulation requires various skills—forethought, planning, impulse control, organization—that, as you've read, are typically found lacking in kids with concerning behaviors.

Kotcheff recalled after a northern trek with Trudeau. "He was by far the best dish-washer, fire-maker and camp organizer. He put some of us to shame.… Not only was he fit, he turned out to be one of the best canoeists and sternsmen in the group. If anyone succumbed to the elements, it wouldn't be Pierre.

You can be confident and secure and know that you do a good job at what you do. But you don't know to be arrogant about it.