Quotes by Skill I acquired quite a lot of technical skill and got quite a long way with my painting, but I never felt I was doing what New Zealand was about with my paint. Ngaio Marsh skill painting long way On shipbuilding, on submarine building, warship building, coastal surveillance or small vessel building, we have both public and private sector. The capacities have really been scaled up, and the skill sets, hi-tech skill sets, have been acquired. Nirmala Sitharaman skill small surveillance building Gun skill is never the main reason why someone is talented at a game. It's literally their decision making. Ninja skill game gun decision I really liked Quentin Blake, who did all of Roald Dahl's stuff. I don't think I really got Quentin Blake as a kid, but as I grew older, I really appreciated the kind of knowledge and the skill that went into those seemingly effortless drawings, and I really wanted to capture some of that in my own work. Noelle Stevenson skill think work knowledge I was bartending in Boston five, six nights a week, living in my grandmother's condo. By the way, I'm a really good bartender - that's the only skill I can confidently say I have. Katie Nolan skill good i-can way I graduated with a degree in musical theater and no skill in anything else to make money; I wish I had gotten a massage therapy kit or something where I could have made my own money. Kathleen Rose Perkins skill my-own money wish I think, as a rookie, what guys need to be judged on most coming in the league is feel. Not skill, not shooting, not stats, not even passing, but that feel for the game, the ability to read situations and make the right play. Malcolm Brogdon skill feel game think No show can be 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' including 'The Gayle King Show.' I think she's very good but I think I'm very good too. I think we have different skill sets... but I don't think that I could do what she does and never have. Gayle King king skill good think Most writers have no idea how to make a film. It's a totally different skill set. Nor is it just to translate exactly what's on the page directly on to the screen - because that would be terrible. It would be five hours long, and the structure would be a mess. But the writers know the characters and the story. Gayle Forman skill story know long Many training programs and often schools focus on just a skill or a kind of work competency. That's only half the equation. Gerald Chertavian skill training focus work It's interesting because Swedes subtitle everything, so they're so used to it. When my wife watches a show with subtitles, she has a skill to be able to watch and read. Whereas I'm more of a read or watch. Greg Poehler skill everything wife watches I'm an electrical engineer. Honestly, I think we have too many lawyers in Washington. Maybe we need some more engineers. They're trained to solve problems, and we can actually do math, which is a desperately needed skill back there. Greg Gianforte lawyers skill problems think Your ability to name every single variation of Kryptonite and every first issue in which it appears is a great pop quiz skill, but is not a great writing skill, all right? So just because you can do that doesn't mean you know how to write. Greg Rucka skill name great you An important skill for all SpaceXers is the ability to accept critical feedback. This is key to anyone's growth and becoming better at what they do. Gwynne Shotwell skill better growth important There's a way of negotiating how you portray your private life publicly that I've never had the skill to do. Gina McKee skill you life way When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them. Pat Metheny skill great you writing A country without engineering skill and knowledge will never become a developed country. Mahathir Mohamad skill never country knowledge Writing is really hard, and it's really a skill. Caroline Leavitt really skill hard writing One of my first questions when I interview prospective employees is, 'Do you know how big a sheet of plywood is?' Most people don't, and say they are different sizes, but it's 4' x 8'. Anyway, working with your hands is a very American thing that we kinda lost here, but it's an important skill to have. Casey Neistat skill you hands people In the early 1970s, phone phreaks manipulated the long-distance system using blue boxes that they built from sketchy photocopied schematics that were often riddled with errors. Not many had the skill to do this. Phreaking was restricted to a select few. Charles Platt phone skill early blue «12345678»