Quotes About Proficiency

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.

An incompetent teacher is even worse than an incompetent surgeon because a surgeon can only cut up one person at a time.

But anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness.

Everyone knows that I'm all in favour of apprenticeships, but let me tell you this is no time for a novice.

Moe was a triple threat." "He could sing, dance, and act?" She shook her head. "He could speak Armenian, saddle break a stallion, and pass for a female in drag.

Only the inept are always at their best.

acquired the knack of spreading all she knew very thin, so that it might cover a vast surface.

We learn an art or craft by doing the things that we shall have to do when we have learnt it.

Even subjects that are known are known only to a few

You should practice these until they are your second nature.

It is my business to know things. That is my trade.

You are aware that I have some proficiency in the good old British sport of boxing.

Even theological works can be read spiritually, once one has achieved enough proficiency. Theology and spirituality make up two sides of the same coin. They are different ways of attending to the same reality.

If you want to be a writer, learn to type.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder.

Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.

In this sense, an object is of the highest degree of complexity if it can do very difficult and involved things.

Talent alone does not make someone an expert.

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

in this job you really need to know only four things: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division—and most of the time you can get by without division!" I

We are not now concerned with perfection or excellence; we seek only for simple fitness and bare competency.

There is no point in doing something unless you do it well.

What people don't realize is that professionals are sensational because of the fundamentals.