Quotes About Skill

Bridge is a game that separates the men from the boys. It also separates husbands and wives.

The men who succeed are the efficient few.

Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.

To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature.

For without invention, no one was ever a great man in his own trade.

The drumming helps a lot when I'm producing songs or writing songs. My knowledge of drums helps more in that aspect, (although) I don't know, man; I'm not great at any of them.

Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.

One may imagine that a man who blew the trumpet for his living would be glad to play the violin for his amusement.

As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.

Beware the man with one gun. He can probably use it.

If I had to choose one man to play for my life, it would be Nadal.

Beware the man who only has one gun. He probably knows how to use it!

Palming separates the men from the boys!

Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.

There's Pele the man, and then Pele the player. And to play like Pele is to play like God.

Let a man practice the profession which he best knows.

A man who can speak two languages is worth two men.

Experience really does make you better, man.

We're just getting better at our trade, man. We know what we're doing, and the reason why is that we've spent 30 years doing it. There's nothing that can replace that.

Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.

A long-playing full shot is what always separates the men from the boys. Anybody can make movies with a pair of scissors and a two-inch lens.

Nothing is so sexy in a man as talent.

Chang Tzu tells us of a persevering man who after three laborious years mastered the art of dragon-slaying. For the rest of his days, he had not a single opportunity to test his skills.

Cradles are the most powerful pinning combination known to man