Quotes About Proficiency

Most people are not truly talented at anything. However, most people can be pretty good at something.

doing what you are good at will only make you good;

It is an understanding of what you can be the best at. The distinction is absolutely crucial.

Having tasted defeat, the Navy was starting to come back to appreciating the unpolished strengths of the Georgia farm boys who found themselves under gentle persecution on board Commander Wylie's Fletcher. A rebel yell and a blast of powder. That and a little planning and technical proficiency would carry the day.

There is all the difference in the world between knowing about and knowing how to do.

I think Nat's an amazing actor... He understands things about acting that most people don't.

A good swordsman is more important than a good sword.

I don't want to rely on one thing. Being good at everything, that's how you earn your spot on the floor.

For most jobs, especially those in the digital economy, there is no objective standard for being 'qualified.' If you and the team you're working with think you're qualified, you are.

Nothing is a hobby - each discipline is its own world with its own high standards. Of course, every artist has 'minor works' that they do, but I don't think I have any 'minor disciplines.'

If you don't meet the standards, then you don't qualify.

I'm not an expert on journalistic standards. I want to be clear on that.

Most stuff you can do standing on your head.

As a rule, the man who can do all things equally well is a very mediocre individual.

The men who succeed are the efficient few.

For without invention, no one was ever a great man in his own trade.

All men are ignorant, just in different fields.

The man incapable of contemplation cannot be an artist, but only a skillful workman.

Beware the man with one gun. He can probably use it.

Beware the man who only has one gun. He probably knows how to use it!

Palming separates the men from the boys!

We're just getting better at our trade, man. We know what we're doing, and the reason why is that we've spent 30 years doing it. There's nothing that can replace that.

All other men are specialists, but his specialism is omniscience.

A long-playing full shot is what always separates the men from the boys. Anybody can make movies with a pair of scissors and a two-inch lens.