Quotes by Skills There is a clear acknowledgement all over the world that we should not teach people to read and then to leave them without literature. For they would then relapse into a dreary and ultimately dangerous state of half-education, in which they would be easily satisfied by crude semi-pictorial approximations of the strip cartoon and by the abundant supply of degenerate literature which destroys, rather than promotes, a capacity to face the problems of the world with skill and courage A. D. Patel cartoonskillspeople It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling. Aaron Sorkin communicationskillspeople Of the hundreds of points to enter and exit that are offered to me, I have to choose the one that I feel is the least wrong, the least fake. It is fake, it is a moment that I choose to erupt the story, but I make it as smooth as I can. What enables me to do it is the skill of filmmaking. Abbas Kiarostami exitfakeskills Medical education is not just a program for building knowledge and skills in its recipients... it is also an experience which creates attitudes and expectations. Abraham Flexner skillsteachingattitude When you lack interest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence in the performance. Abraham Lincoln diligenceskillsjobs The art of decoration requires the most sophisticated and self-indulgent skills. Its aim has always been to sate the senses as gloriously as possible. ... ornament is not only a source of sensuous pleasure; it supplies a necessary kind of magic to people and places that lack it. More than just a dread of empty spaces has led to the urge to decorate; it is the fear of empty selves. Ada Louise Huxtable skillsselfart Drawing need not be the bones of art, but skill must always be the skeleton of accomplishment. Adam Gopnik skeletonsskillsart Most people believe that great leaders are distinguished by their ability to give compelling answers. This profound book shatters that assumption, showing that the more vital skill is asking the right questions…. Berger poses many fascinating questions, including this one: What if companies had mission questions rather than mission statements? This is a book everyone ought to read—without question. Adam Grant skillsbelievebook At around 19 I realized that I really didn't have any skills other than making people laugh, so I should probably pursue it full-time. Adam Pally skillslaughingpeople A genuinely humble attitude is one of the greatest skills in business. Because it compels us to LISTEN and LEARN. Adam Rifkin skillshumbleattitude The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment with which it is anywhere directed, or applied, seem to have been the effects of the division of labour. Adam Smith dexteritydivision-of-laborskills It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others. Aesop skillswisdomwise It's no good starting out by thinking one is a heaven-born genius- some people are, but very few. No, one is a tradesman - a tradesman in a good honest trade. You must learn the technical skills, and then, within that trade, you can apply your own creative ideas, but you must submit them to the discipline of form. Agatha Christie skillsideasthinking It's really rubbish that some kind of "technical" learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better. Ai Weiwei rubbishskillsmean Art is always about overcoming obstacles between the inner condition and the skill for expression. Ai Weiwei skillsexpressionart It's always nice to share your energy with young people, the people who might not have any skills but are simply willing to be a part of it. Ai Weiwei niceskillspeople What is wisdom? It is the skill to achieve the perfect means by the perfect ends Aiden Wilson Tozer skillsperfectmean Glen Hirshberg's stories are haunting, absolutely, but not only because of the content -- the stories themselves haunt, they stick around, they linger, inhabiting a little corner of the reader's brain and resurfacing to evoke mystery or sadness or longing. It's a pleasure to dive into Hirshberg's storytelling skills in American Morons. Aimee Bender sadnessskillsbrain There is a dearth of thinking skills - people are taught what to think, not how. Al Seckel skillspeoplethinking If optimism is important, it's because many outcomes are determined by how much of it we bring to the task. It is an important ingredient of success. This flies in the face of the elite view that talent is the primary requirement of a good life, but in many cases the difference between success and failure is determined by nothing more than our sense of what is possible and the energy we can muster to convince others of our due. We might be doomed not by a lack of skill, but by an absence of hope! Alain de Botton good-lifeskillsviews1234567891011»
