Quotes About Proficiency

Know what you are talking about.

Whatever subject I choose, I do a PhD in it.

I've never liked the word 'celebrity.' I like to photograph people who are good at what they do.

Yes, I was really good in physics and in math.

You have to really concentrate on piano or acting. You can't do both.

I wouldn't be able to act like Al Pacino or play the piano like Dr. John, But I could probably act better than Dr. John and play the piano better than Al Pacino.

When I was starting out in this business, that was the norm. You did it all. You looked around, and entertainers could dance, sing, play the piano, act, make you laugh.

I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.

It ain't the picture and it ain't the camera - it's the operator.

On 'Masters of Sex,' especially in the pilot, everybody was showing up word-perfect, and you're expected to show up word-perfect.

I think women make better pilots.

When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub.

When you have your best stuff, it's a lot easier to pitch.

Everything has technique to it. So if there's something you wanna try out, I think it's always good to get a trainer or listen to people who know what they're doing.

I didn't want to just be an analyst for women's basketball and volleyball. I didn't just want to be a sideline reporter. I didn't just want to be a host. I wanted to be someone that my producers or coordinating producers could call on me for any event, any subject matter or any role.

You see and work with many of the same people over and over again; they are all specialists in what they do. I could never do their jobs, and they say they wouldn't know how to start to do a warm-up.

Pentesting is not a technique, it's a skill. A technique is obtained through knowledge, A skill is obtained through practice.

Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.

If you can't (or won't) sort mail, where is the proof that you can do anything?

I'm saying it to your face. Just because you can drive a car doesn't mean you can fix one. Eating ham ain't the same as raising a pig.

What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.

as long as there is an AI shortcoming in any such area of endeavor, skeptics will point to that area as an inherent bastion of permanent human superiority over the capabilities of our own creations. This book will argue, however, that within several decades information-based technologies will encompass all human knowledge and proficiency, ultimately including the pattern-recognition powers, problem-solving skills, and emotional and moral intelligence of the human brain itself.

professionals who know what they are doing can "be counted on to follow a well-thought-out methodology

El verdadero poeta no se encuentra nunca "inspirado": está precisamente por encima de ese más y de ese menos, iguales a sus ojos, que son la técnica y la inspiración; iguales porque domina ambas a la perfección. El verdadero inspirado nunca está inspirado: lo está siempre; no busca la inspiración ni se irrita contra técnica alguna.»