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Quotes About Skill

It's unbelievable to have come through a field of 64 of the best players I've seen for a long time.
~ Phil Taylor
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
~ Plautus
My mother played a little bit of the old time clawhammer. She tuned the banjo up and picked one tune for me, and it just become natural to me. When she picked it, I just started and picked it, too.
~ Ralph Stanley
I certainly realize that not only do I like the horror genre, but I'm getting really good at it and I'm having a good time making them.
~ Elisha Cuthbert
I always worry when someone's a good golfer. It's like you shouldn't have time to be good at anything. You should just be a politician and you shouldn't have time to practice golf.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
The thing I love about working with first-time directors is that it's always quite shocking how little difference there is between them and directors who've been directing all their lives.
~ Eric Bana
I heard that all the time. 'He makes it look too easy, he doesn't run hard.' It was always a slight on me.
~ Eric Dickerson
It's no surprise to me or the other Isley brothers that I can sing, because I used to sing all the time in practice. The surprise is that somebody else likes it.
~ Ernie Isley
install me in any profession Save this damn'd profession of writing, where one needs one's brains all the time.
~ Ezra Pound
Those having the most time to devote to a line of endeavor usually become the most proficient.
~ George Ade
The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.
~ Herbie Hancock
Whether it is drawing or painting, skilled Artists usually deliver a faster result without jeopardizing the quality, simply because they don't have to waste their time on fixing mistakes.
~ Igor Babailov
It takes most of us a long time to learn our craft. So keep at it. Don't give up.
~ Jacqueline Briskin
If I started at 13, by the time I was 14 I was already good enough to play in front of people. I started off playing drums when I was 5, so playing in front of people didn't matter - not a problem.
~ Jam Master Jay
Please, sit down," Sharon said with another hair toss. I made a mental note to practice doing that in a mirror the next time I saw one. it seemed a useful skill, right up there with roundhouse kicks.
~ James Patterson
I'm learning on the guitar all the time.
~ James Vincent McMorrow
With one out in the first, Dave Roberts looks a lot better than the last time he pitched against the Padres!
~ Jerry Coleman
When you want to get good at something, how you spend your time practicing is far more important than the amount of time you spend.
~ Joshua Foer
I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up.
~ Julia Child
It takes a long time to learn how to do something simple.
~ Marty Rubin
You are charismatic. Men are drawn to you. I am drawn to you. And by your size, let alone your skill with weapons, they will be in awe of you.
~ Amy Jarecki, Rise of a Legend
He's got everything. He' not a great player yet because he hasn't won any major championships, but it's a matter of time. He's an outstanding talent. I didn't realize how tall he is.
~ Nick Price
The real test of a musician is live performance. It's one thing to spend a long time learning how to play well in the studio, but to do it in front of people is what keeps me coming back to touring.
~ Neil Peart
Anything worthwhile is hard, and dancing is very hard, and if you've ever studied dancing of any kind you'd know that to be in precision, three people dancing together.
~ Debbie Reynolds