Skill Quotes

We know there are a lot of people in the unemployment pool that do not match up in their skill set for what jobs are going to be created, and that's an area we've got to keep pressing on.

The right of each individual in any relation to secure to himself the full benefits of his intelligence, his capacity, his industry and skill are among the inalienable inheritances of humanity.

There's no skill. You can be a rock and move into another cash bracket.

Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or skill which is not comprehensible to the man in the street. This is an arrogant assertion and not necessarily a true one.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

Kids should practice autographing baseballs. This is a skill that's often overlooked in Little League.

We believe we've got the skill base and the techniques to supply the chips that really enable the end manufacturers to develop exciting, innovative products themselves.

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some skill to do useful service, some urge to fit that service into the well-being of the community - these are the most vital things education must try to produce.

If you're lucky as you get older, you respect the craft and it becomes a skill.

People see my impressions as a great skill and I am flattered, but there are things I can't do that everyone else can. I can do funny voices and funny faces but I can't drive.

The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film.

Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language.

People think that the arts are optional and they aren't. They teach a level of emotional depth that's equally important to mathematic skill. You can replace some math skills with a calculator if you know how to operate the thing, but there's no calculator for human interaction.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill.

There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.

It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today.

The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill.

Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.

Education can give you a skill, but a liberal education can give you dignity.

I like to believe that everyone is born with the same skill set, and that it is the influences that one comes upon.

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!

If you write a hit song for Britney Spears, it's worth several million dollars. Just one song! And it might have taken you two hours to do it. It's like mining for gold. It takes a lot of skill and a lot of technique.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill.

I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.

Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill.

I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis!

If I could be lucky enough to just have radio as the base for the rest of my life, I could build off that. No matter how successful I become, I always look at radio as the only skill set I can really call on. I even know how to operate the boards.