Quotes About Skill

Cooking is like making love, you do it well, or you do not do it at all.

Judge not my passion, by my want of skill, Many love well, though they express it ill.

I wondered if she was truly Rahtan. Yes, she was skilled, but she didn't exactly possess brawn—even if she had managed to overtake me and slam me up against the wall. But juggling? Riddles? Her age. Her poise and demeanor was that of a cynical tested soldier, but her appearance—she was young, younger than me, I was certain. Her black hair fell in thick, long waves, and her hands were delicate, her fingers more suited for a piano than a sword.

No matter how great a gift or skill, it's impossible to foresee every outcome.

Truth was a harder skill to master than swinging a sword.

I play the if game too, Tavish. It´s practically a hobby of mine, but I´ve found it´s a game of endless possibilities with no winner. No matter how great a gift or skill, it´s impossible to forsee every outcome.

come back when you know what you're doing.

A certain skill at billiards is the mark of a gentleman, but to play too well is the sign of a misspent youth. Lucien Fairchild

He had to do them, to show he was the best.

You will never kiss really well, Mr Darcy,' she said, 'unless you practise more. You cannot expect to excel if you do not practise a great deal.

A lot of people think Japanese food is difficult, a lot of work. But you don't have to buy the knife I have. You don't have to train as long as I have. You can do my cooking in your kitchen.

You've got to admit, slick, you got a skill for avoiding the devil." "That just means that now the devils out there, looking for me...and that devil is very mad.

An ambitious amateur will rise above a complacent master.

Do what you master; master what you do.

Flawed genius is better than flawless talent.

Geniuses' steps take you higher than talent's leaps.

Skill + hard work = Success Skill + hard work + prayer = Great success

Your talent is a blank check.

I guess by taking lessons early on, and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff, and try to have it sound as good as my teacher. It took a lot of practice, which I enjoyed, and still do.

Becoming a more skillful and efficient runner is more like growing a beard than it is like chopping wood.

Better athletes don't have to exert as much mental effort to control their sport-specific movements, so their movements are freer.

No matter how good you are at something there's always about a million people better than you.

I have a lot of problems with fifteen-minute jazz-funk jams as well. I don't care about instrumental prowess. I don't care about quick-thinking improvisational skill. At all. I'm a songwriter and I'm familiar with Cage and I couldn't really care about what notes people can think of quickly. It doesn't interest me and I'm astounded that it interests other people still. Improvisation is what you do in the process of making something better.

Skill in secular employments is God's gift, and comes from above, Jam. 1:17.