Quotes About Proficiency

As the Duke of Wellington put it, "No man fears to do that which he knows he does well.

Can we teach our officers to shoot too well? I don't think so. If we trained our officers in first aid, and everyone they treated survived, did we train them too well? If we trained our officers in driving, and they never had anymore accidents, did we train them too well? If someone must die in an armed encounter, let it be the subject who is initiating the hostile action, and not another officer.

Awareness is good, but without skills and ability tied to that awareness, all you have is anxiety.

I'm just not a natural teacher.

His skills were supreme now, and he used them supremely.

Don't waste time learning the "tricks of the trade." Instead, learn the trade.

we are unaware of any convincing evidence that languages are acquired through "practice." On the other hand, studies have shown that students can reach high levels of proficiency through input alone—that is, with little or no production of the language through speech or writing.

A job you can learn in a single day is not skilled work.

If you need a gun to do it with, you aren't doing it right." Sheriff Bud Smith.

Having a little talent as a writer is like having a little talent as a brain surgeon.

If one makes himself master of one vital book, he shall never become a commonplace man.

Versatility is one of the few human traits which are universally intolerable. You may be good at Greek and good at painting and be popular. You may be good at Greek and good at sport, and be wildly popular. But try all three and you're a mountebank. Nothing arouses suspicion quicker than genuine, all-round proficiency.

You are a mathematician,' John Dee said. 'I am a musician,' said Lymond.

With Jerott Blyth, innkeepers never shirked the proper discharge of their duties. To the doggedness of his Scottish birth, his long residence in France and his profession of arms had lent a particular fluency. He was black-haired, and prepossessing and rude: a masterful combination.

Versatility is one of the few human traits which are universally intolerable. You may be good at Greek and good at painting and be popular. You may be good at Greek and good at sport, and be wildly popular. But try all three and you're a mountebank. Nothing arouses suspicion quicker than genuine, all-round proficiency." Kate

Versatility is one of the few human traits which are universally intolerable. You may be good at Greek and good at painting and be popular. You may be good at Greek and good at sport, and be wildly popular. But try all three and you're a mountebank. Nothing arouses suspicion quicker than genuine, all-round proficiency.

She is a very conscientious person," said Miss Lydgate, "but she has rather an unfortunate knack of making any subject sound dull. It's a great pity, because she is exceptionally sound and dependable. However, that doesn't greatly matter in her present appointment; she holds a librarianship somewhere—Miss

Her faculty for hitting the right nail on the head is almost miraculous – especially as all her blows have the air of being delivered at random. Housekeeping!

The professional interpreter is a minor miracle—far better

Those who can't do, teach, and those who can't teach, critique.

Everything he did, he did well, and as a result he was an accomplished asshole indeed.

No woman respects a man when he's doing a thing thoroughly badly.

She took disaster as it should be taken, dealing with it competently and thereby reducing it almost to insignificance.

It is not for me to run here and there, doing amateurishly the things that for a small sum someone else can do with professional skill.