Quotes by Skills Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either. Arthur Conan Doyle splendid genius skills The creative act does not create something out of nothing; it uncovers, selects, reshuffles, combines, synthesizes already existing facts, ideas, faculties, and skills. Arthur Koestler skills creative ideas The Democrats' ads convince me that Governor Romney can't sing, but his record convinces me he knows how to lead, and I think you know which skill we need more. Artur Davis skills needs thinking Mitt Romney, happens to have the exact skill set that the next president's going to require. Artur Davis next skills president If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage Ashleigh Brilliant attempting skills needs Basketball really is a metaphor for life - the intangible skills I have learned on the court, have helped shape the person I am today. Ashley Graham shapes skills basketball Schools in amerika are interested in brainwashing people with amerikanism, giving them a little bit of education, and training them in skills needed to fill the positions the capitalist system requires. As long as we expect amerika's schools to educate us, we will remain ignorant. Assata Shakur skills long school Technology isn't simply addictive - it's addictive because it's a servant to business incentives. There are huge departments in these companies that are devoted to this and staffed by incredibly talented people who have skills that could be put to socially beneficial projects but who are now trying to find out how to make you click and how to maximize your time on a certain site, or encourage teenagers to "friend" more products and constantly engage with them. Astra Taylor teenager technology skills Developing a skill is painful, though. It is difficult. And that's part of the satisfaction. You will only find meaning in what you struggle with. What you struggle to get good at next may not seem the exact right thing for you at first. With time and effort, however, you will discover new possibilities in yourself-an ability to solve problems, for instance, or to communicate, or to create beauty. Atul Gawande effort skills struggle What is needed, however, isn't just that people working together be nice to each other. It is discipline. Discipline is hard--harder than trustworthiness and skill and perhaps even than selflessness. We are by nature flawed and inconstant creatures. We can't even keep from snacking between meals. We are not built for discipline. We are built for novelty and excitement, not for careful attention to detail. Discipline is something we have to work at. Atul Gawande discipline nice skills I said there are at least two kinds of satisfaction, however, and the other has nothing to do with skill. It comes from human connection. It comes from making others happy, understanding them, loving them. Atul Gawande understanding skills two We recruit for attitude and train for skill. Atul Gawande recruit skills attitude You want to ensure people can do it right 99 percent of time. When we have to fire one of our surgical trainees, it is never because they dont have the physical skills but because they dont have the moral skills - to practise and admit failure. Atul Gawande skills fire people Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged in the crucibles of difference - those of us who are poor, who are lesbians, who are black, who are older - know that survival is not an academic skill...For the master's tools will not dismantle the master's house. They will never allow us to bring about genuine change. Audre Lorde circles differences skills Those of us forged in the crucibles of difference know that survival is not an academic skill. Audre Lorde crucible differences skills Somehow he became certain the he himself possessed the skills of a hypnotist. How he reached this judgement, I have no idea, but never convinced the rest of us. Audrey Meadows umpires skills ideas I feel moderately bad about this whole thing. On the one hand, I am providing myself with urgently required survival skills. Other lessons in this series include Shoplifting, Beating People Up, Picking Locks, Climbing Trees, Driving, Housebreaking, Dumpster Diving, and How to Use Oddball Things like Venetian Blinds and Garbage Can Lids as Weapons. On the other hand, I’m corrupting my poor innocent little self. I sigh. Somebody’s got to do it. Audrey Niffenegger climbing skills self It is not so much upon the number of exercises, as the care with which they are done, that progreses and skill depend. August Bournonville dance skills exercise The height of artistic skill is to know how to conceal the mechanical effort and strain beneath harmonious calm. August Bournonville effort dance skills It was unnerving, the way she could go from cool efficiency to sarcastic to sweet within the space of thirty seconds. I found it very manipulative and controlling. It put the other person constantly on-guard. And it was extremely intimidating because you never knew when she was going to snap. I made a mental note to refine these skills within myself. Augusten Burroughs sarcastic skills sweet «345678910111213»