Quotes About Proficiency

She was a good if sloppy writer.

A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender.

motherhood should be like driving a car -- you should have to pass a test before you can do it legally.

Technique is the basis of every pursuit. If youre a sportsman or youre a singer or a swimmer, well that comes under sport but you have to develop a basic technique to know what youre doing at any given time.

Don't worry about me. I'm real good at this shit. Why do you think they made me president?

I'll see if I can find someone in the Toland Police Department who doesn't use his brains to wipe his backside.

Even so, I must admire your skill. You are so gracefully insane.

If I paid more attention to my appearance, people might think that the proficiency of design industry isn't too bad in a city with such a chief executive.

Piano was my first instrument, but it wasn't the instrument that I showed the most proficiency on.

I think proficiency in language helps greatly with acting.

At first, I simply wanted to get a basic understanding of sign language, but as time went on, I really got the bug and wanted to become proficient so that I could make good use of my skills.

Flying, I continue to be involved with. I love flying, and I hope to keep doing it so long as I can pass my medicals and stay proficient.

So many directors say nothing beautifully, and so many others say great and profound things but have no idea how to read a light meter or arrange a shot.

I was not proficient in Latin and so was not able to go to Oxford or Cambridge. However, I did enter the first-rate chemistry honours program at the University of Manchester in 1950, where the professors were E.R.H. Jones and M.G. Evans, and graduated in 1953, with the financial support of a Blackpool Education Committee Scholarship.

City employees will be hired and promoted because of their abilities - without outside interference.

I have expertise of performing, not promoting.

I think if an actor is not able to pronounce their own dialogues, no matter what language, you are not an actor.

Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else.

If you're gonna do a job, do it properly.

I'm the sort of person who has to learn something properly before I show anyone.

I'd love to master another language properly.

I don't feel like I have anything to prove. I've played this game at a high level for a long time.

I've proven I can play.

I think clearly I've proven I can play at the highest of levels.