Quotes About Aptitude

Los hechos, sin duda, le dan la razón a Pinker, pero las voces más ruidosas no. El resultado es que, desde que Pinker escribió La tabla rasa, nuestras sociedades se han enrocado en la ilusión de que las diferencias biológicas —incluidas las diferencias de aptitud— pueden evitarse, negarse o soslayarse. Algo similar ha ocurrido con las diferencias sociales.

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

There is no field other than the weird in which I have any aptitude or inclination for fictional composition. Life has never interested me so much as the escape from life.

Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.

Keep developing your expertise; it sets you apart.

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

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

I've proven I can play.

Most English gentlemen at this time believed that they had a particular aptitude for endearing themselves to the lower classes. Guy was not troubled by this illusion, but he believed he was rather liked by these particular thirty men. He did not greatly care.

Whatever faults I may have, I do know a player.

Acting is one of those things that anybody can do because no one can learn it, but only a few people can really do because it's nothing you can learn.

Talent is one of the few things that can't be created. It can be enhanced - it can be coached and brought out of people - but you can't deny it.

I can do a lot of things that other fighters can't.

I'm quite good at finishing, I suppose.

The first time I do something, I'll probably be good at it.

I've known ambitious people with no aptitude for the thing they did. Most of whom, rather terrifyingly, tended to succeed.

To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.

I think that issues of gender have been discussed widely at Harvard. But I think I was chosen clearly on the merits, and I wish to operate as president on the merits. I think, on one level, we might say that I can affirm that women have the aptitude to do science or to do anything, including being president of Harvard.

I'm not good at very many things. The stuff I'm good at tends to be the stuff that people know me for.

I'll just let my tennis talk.

Honestly, I never really thought I'd be a comedian. But I did take an aptitude test in seventh grade - and this is 100 percent true - I took an aptitude test in seventh grade, and it said in my best profession was a clown or a mime.

I was one of those kids that could just show up and take the test and do well on it. I didn't study a whole lot.

A difficult crowd will always test your true ability.

Certain cricketers are meant to play Test cricket.