Quotes About Proficiency

You can be an expert any field of study with consistent effort and consistent learning.

The cacophony in my head is completely unmanageable, and it's out of the failure to blend all those dissonant voices smoothly that whatever individuality I might have has managed to emerge. Imitation is the condition of originality. Or, to put it another way: imitation is the shortest route to and the truest test of proficiency. To mimic a master requires skill and practice, which become the sources of your own mastery.

but they are commonly more distinguished by their superiority in the latter than in the former. Their

I think it's important to be able to make something, whether it's shoes or sausage. Food, clothing, and shelter are the basic needs of all people. If you master a trade that serves one of those needs, you will work for a lifetime.

We're just too good at our job." "Damn it," Valkyrie scowled. "I hate being too good at our job.

I guess I'm a better baker than I am a cook.

How do you know all this?" "I'm a fucking librarian.

I don't have to be proud of it. I only have to do it well. – Thomas Hudson

People tend to think that scientists are experts in all things, when in fact we can be so specialized we know less

It's harder to be the best of class in several fields than in just one

?le ci to idzie, Tzara. Nie umiesz. ?eby kogo? dobrze zniewa?y?, nie wystarczy przemo?ne pragnienie, entuzjazm ani zapa?. Konieczny jest warsztat.

Narrow the Focus. By that I mean you shouldn't try to do everything; you should do a few things well.

If you scroll through all the movies I've worked on, you can understand how I was a specialist in westerns, love stories, political movies, action thrillers, horror movies, and so on. So in other words, I'm no specialist, because I've done everything. I'm a specialist in music.

Look at Julie Etchingham and Katie Derham, none of us are spring chickens frankly, I don't think people want to watch someone who's wet behind the ears, you have to look like you understand what you are reading about.

Do your job; be the best at whatever your job description is.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

I'm confident in my ability that I can do well wherever it is.

You have to be good wherever the fight goes, and that's how I try to be.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the grand fallacy.

I'm not the best fly fisherman, but I can fly-fish, because I crack a whip. I learned to crack a whip as a boy... I have skills, mad skills.

When you choose the sword over a gun, just like Green Arrow chooses an arrow over a gun and Catwoman chooses a whip over a gun, you have to be highly skilled and highly trained. I can grab Green Arrow's bow, but I'm not strong enough to shoot it. I can grab Catwoman's whip, but have you ever tried to whip a whip? It's not easy.

I can dance, act, beatbox and whistle very well.

You never want to be the one who everyone is going to bust jokes on. The only way to prevent that is to be good at something.