Quotes About Aptitude

In wrestling, obviously, you can get better, but you have to have a bit of an it factor.

We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.

Those born dull remain dull

It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.

If a man made himself an expert in any particular branch of human activity, there would result the strong tendency that a peculiar aptitude towards the same branch would be found among some of his descendants.

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.

And some can pot begonias and some can bud a rose, And some are hardly fit to trust with anything that grows.

Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

I love music, and I can play a little. But anyone can see the difference between someone who's talented and someone that's not.

You went to school, Lee said. I mean, at some point. And it didn't suit you very well. They wanted to teach you things you didn't care about. Dates and math and trivia about dead presidents. They didn't teach persuasion. Your ability to persuade is the single most important determinant of your quality of life, and they didn't cover that at all. Well, we do. And we're looking for students with natural aptitude.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

There's more luck in poker. Getting good at golf requires a certain amount of physical aptitude. Both take a lot of patience. Both require knowing when to gamble - either with a big bluff or a high-risk shot. Both can be infuriating.

To me, big roles are not required to showcase talent.

We master the technique of our jobs.

The world is full of talented people.

Maybe careers aren't something you can really plan for. They just sort of happen, like brown eyes or flat feet. I took one of those career aptitude tests last year, and it showed that I should be a flight attendant or a seamstress. Not a fashion designer or anything, mind you, but a sweatshop worker. Apparently stewardesses and sweatshop workers and I enjoy a lot of the same interests and activities.

The key ingredient is talent - you've got to have talent. If you look at the regular season, they've got the best record in the entire league, so they've got the talent.

We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.

Some of the aspects of my speaking style are inherited and come naturally to me. I didn't take classes, and I didn't do anything to hone my skills.

I feel like directing is an innate talent.

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

Ever since I was a little kid, my ears and my hands would talk to each other very well, so I could pick up instruments quite easily.