1,149 Quotes About Skills

  • Author Stephen Spender
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    All one can do is to achieve nakedness, to be what one is with all one's faculties and perceptions, strengthened by all the skill which one can acquire. And then to stand before the judgement of time.

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  • Author Tavis Smiley
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    This is not a skill problem, this is a will problem. Does America have the will to make education a priority? We know the things that work. Why don't we scale up those things that do work.

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  • Author Tom Stoppard
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    To the engineer, all matter in the universe can be placed into one of two categories: (1) things that need to be fixed, and (2) things that will need to be fixed after you've had a few minutes to play with them. Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

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  • Author Warren Sapp
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    He has all the skills but I've been trying to get him to get better at the little things. He's like a big sponge. You have to slap him around and throw him back in the water every now and then but he'll be right back to soak up some more.

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  • Author Will Smith
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    Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.

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