Quotes About Skill

The writer isn't trying not to be caught, although it sometimes seems so. Successful communication occurs in any case where what the writer wanted to have received finds its way into the reader's possession. The writer's skill and the reader's skill converge upon a common end.

Knowing the rules of an art is not the same as having the habit.

It is not the stretching that tires you, but the frustration of stretching unsuccessfully because you lack the skill to stretch effectively.

Milly's narrative skill was considerable... she brought a scene to life by a chance descriptive detail in the right place and by that graphic and right placing of words which most of the Irish excel at. She had no Irish blarney, she never exaggerated. I could listen to Milly for hours.

Vision, sometimes called talent, is not a teachable attribute. What

No matter how good the message may be, it will be useless unless it is done well (Interview in A Contemporary Cuba Reader, 2000)

That's what Gran always said. I'm too impatient. If you'd ever tried knitting, you'd understand." "I can knit," he said. Okay, that surprised me so much I choked on a sip of sherry. "Seriously?

Amateurs and little children may draw a rough picture of a horse that can be recognized to be the picture of a horse. But when the master artist draws a picture of a horse, those who see it not only recognize it as a horse, but they also exclaim, "How wonderful! It is like it is alive!" The artist paints action, reality, and life into the picture.

The order of the day is specialization!

To truly hate is an art one learns with time.

O talento natural é como a força de um atleta. Pode-se nascer com mais ou menos faculdades, mas ninguém consegue ser um atleta simplesmente por ter nascido alto ou forte ou rápido. O que faz um atleta, ou um artista é o trabalho , o ofício e a técnica. A inteligência com que se nasce é simplesmente a munição. Para se chegar a fazer alguma coisa com ela é necessário transformarmos a nossa mente numa arma de precisão.

A tehetség olyan, mint sportolónál az erÅ'. Sokféle adottsága lehet az embernek, mégsem lesz senkibÅ'l világbajnok pusztán azért, mert magasnak, erÅ'snek, gyorsnak született. A munka teszi a sportolót, a m?vészt pedig a munka, a technika, a szorgalom. Bármilyen okosnak születik is valaki, az csak útravaló. Akkor tudod felhasználni, ha elÅ'bb jó fegyvert kovácsolsz a gondolataidból.

To tryly hate is ab art one learns with time

Odiar de veras es un talento que se aprende con los años.

To return from the dead is a bit like riding a bike, or unfastening a girl's bra with a single hand. It's all a question of getting the knack.

Desaparecer en la mirada del contrario era un arte cuyo aprendizaje podía llevar toda una vida.

good looks aren't enough. Skill is the most important thing. Skill and talent.

and if it rains this week, you might ought to practice running between the raindrops." "Why would I do that?" Nick asked. "So that you can be really good at dodging bullets. Bye now." Harry ended the call.

together, but Billy Lee was the magician. I barely qualified

Yes, Manda. You're becoming a good detective.

I think about living forever and figure I can get really good at Xbox.

Why can't people just be really good at something? Why do they have to be the best at something?

You might be "just a programmer," but being able to speak to your business clients in the language of their business domain is a critical skill.

It's always easier to learn something than to use what you've learned.