Quotes About Skill

Barbara Stanwyck, in particular, was peerless in everything from high and low comedy to drama to musicals to film noir. She never took a false step.

Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times.

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear. It doesn't matter whether the good writer wants to be useful, or whether the bad writer wants to do harm.

Could you", wrote Mr. Jefferson, "Find me a gardener Who can play the french horn?

And old Padre Jose telling him to read as much as he could for the world was open only to those who could read and this skill was the most precious gift that any teacher could give. -Istak

Seemingly useless bits of knowledge often were the difference between success and failure.

Competency comes with repercussions.

There's bound to be a job for a good cook somewhere. There aren't that many of us about, you know,' she informed them seriously.

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.

Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women.

the central virtue of a liberal education is that it teaches you how to write, and writing makes you think. Whatever you do in life, the ability to write clearly, cleanly, and reasonably quickly will prove to be an invaluable skill.

I became famous almost before I had a craft.

We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.

When you're good, you're good!" -Godmothers Series

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

Unlike the Houston Astros hitters, nobody hit the garbage bins for us. We had to react to pitches on skill with no warning and we won."

It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball.

You're only as good as your last haircut.

La regla de las diez mil horas

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.

I've reached the age where competence is a turn-on.

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

You're as good as the best thing you've ever done.