1,149 Quotes About Skills

  • Author William Harvey
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    And so I conclude that blood lives and is nourished of itself and in no way depends on any other part of the body as being prior to it or more excellent... So that from this we may perceive the causes not only of life in general... but also of longer or shorter life, of sleeping and waking, of skill, of strength and so forth.

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  • Author Carl Icahn
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    Don't confuse luck with skill when judging others, and especially when judging yourself.

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  • Author Frank Iero
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    No one is born with hate in their heart. Hate is something that has been taught. It is not an innate survival skill that we need; It is a form of stupidity that penetrates our minds and will eventually destroy us.

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  • Author Ivan Illich
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    Societies in which most people depend for most of their goods and services on the personal whim, kindness, or skill of another are called underdeveloped, while those in which living has been transformed into a process of ordering from an all-encompassing store catalogue are called advanced.

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  • Author Pope John Paul II
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    In our time, in particular, there exists another form of ownership which is becoming no less important than land: the possession of know-how, technology and skill. The wealth of the industrialized nations is based much more on this kind of ownership than on natural resources.

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  • Author Charles Jennings
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    We are living in a world where access trumps knowledge every time. Those who know how to search, find and make the connections will succeed. Those who rely on static knowledge and skills alone will fail.

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  • Author Chuck Jones
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    The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out.

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  • Author Craig Johnston
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    You know, I was crap. But I had the commitment, and I had the understanding, that the basis of football is skill on the ball, and if you spend the time with it, you're gonna reap the rewards.

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