The myth of talent persists—not that people don't have…

People take years learning how to act; it's a skill, not just a job. If I tried it out and thought I'd be OK,…

— Travis Fimmel

The idea that someone has to give you permission to become who you want to be, or see it in you in order for…

— Eva Victor

I don't practise it that much, maybe two or three times a week. It's a natural skill that I have, to hit long balls,…

— Ederson

Cooking is 80 percent confidence, a skill best acquired starting from when the apron strings wrap around you twice.

— Barbara Kingsolver

To be in a room and have to explain your point of view is a huge skill in Hollywood.

— Stephanie Savage

Those who have high business acumen display specific, identifiable cognitive skills that permit them to perform better than their peers. Once we understand that…

— Justin Menkes

Anyone can throw a jab, but it takes skill to land a punch and make it hurt.

— Deondriea Cantrice

When you read about white athletes these days and white skill possession receivers specifically, one word you'll always find is tough. You'll rarely see…

— Christian McCaffrey

Generating ideas isn't some mystical talent that you have to be born with: it's a skill you can develop.

— Charles Stross

“GIVE A NEW SKILL A MINIMUM OF EIGHT WEEKS”

— Daniel Coyle

The essence of intelligence is skill in extracting meaning from everyday experience.

— Anonymous

“Having no applicable skills, in any possible area whatsoever, effectively makes me the master of redundancy. But that info is obsolete, like my insults…

— Will Advise

It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself.

— Matthew Macfadyen

I love doing characters that challenge me. I'd love to do something that requires me to change physically or learn a skill.

— Charlotte Riley

“Shooting hell out of a piece of cardboard doesn't prove anything' was his single-line introduction to the Small-arms Defence Manual.”

— Ian Fleming