Quotes About Skill

Maintenance is as much art as it is science.

Curling is sweeping the nation.

Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.

You don't have to be a beer drinker to play darts, but it helps.

Tubal-cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron.

It's hard to be humble when you can jump, stunt, and tumble!

If curling were easy, they'd call it hockey.

The best wood in most amateurs' bags is the pencil.

Street hockey is great for kids. It's energetic, competitive, and skilful. And best of all it keeps them off the street.

A workman that needeth not to be ashamed.

Well-trained reflexes are quicker than luck.

Quilters know all the angles.

Riding: The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground.

As we get older, our abilities get better?

Reading music is the skill, while interpretation is the gift.

When the archer shoots for no particular prize, he has all his skills; when he shoots to win a brass buckle, he is already nervous; when he shoots for a gold prize, he goes blind, sees two targets, and is out of his mind. His skill has not changed, but the prize divides him. He cares! He thinks more of winning than of shooting, and the need to win drains him of power.

The great Chinese sage Tranxu puts it marvelously: "When the archer shoots for nothing, he has all his skill. When he shoots for a brass buckle, he is already nervous. When he shoots for a prize of gold, he goes blind. He's out of his mind. He sees two targets. His skill has not changed. But the prize divides him. He cares. He thinks more of winning than of shooting. And the need to win drains him of power.

It is my one great skill. I was never much good at athletics or mathematics, but even as a boy, I possessed unnatural patience. I would wait with my mother while she got her hair styled. I would sit in the chair and wait for hours, no magazine, no toys, not even swinging my legs back and forth. All the mothers were very impressed.

Paulinho provides pace, strength and quality goals in the middle of the park.

It is easy to play with Cristiano Ronaldo. He knows where he has to give you the ball and does it perfectly. He helps the team out in defence and on top of that provides assists and great passes.

Padoin is proving himself to be a great professional. He's tactically intelligent, and it's tough to play in front of the defense.

I'd rather concentrate on making my character more convincing than trying to prove my acting prowess.

The thing is that when you are a director, you need to be involved in a lot of different fields. You must be a psychologist, an architecture expert; you must be a choreographer.

I like blackjack. I like the psychology of poker.