Power is competence.

To create the power of competence without creating a corresponding direction to guide the use of that power is bad education.

— John Dickey

Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

The individual attributes of warmth and competence are often perceived to be negatively correlated. That doesn't mean they actually are, but that's how people…

— Jeffrey Pfeffer

Over the first two weeks of the Donald Trump administration, Steve Bannon has emerged as one of the most powerful figures in the White…

— Amy Goodman

A nominee [to Supreme Court] must possess the competence, character and temperament to serve on the bench.

— Herb Kohl

Having spent years ruining the housing markets with their interference, leading to a housing meltdown that has taken the whole economy down with it,…

— Thomas Sowell

Friendships are nice. So is competence.

— Michael Crichton

Everybody's got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying inside the…

— Warren Buffett

You can't fake competence, creativity, or sexual arousal.

— Douglas Coupland

Can you understand why the Congress, most states and most cities refuse to pass legislation requiring the registration and licensing of any and all…

— Malcolm Forbes

“it is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didnt”

— Martin Van Buren

Let us be thankful for health and competence, and, above all, for a quiet conscience.

— Izaak Walton

Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz and blues…

— Larry Coryell

“You understand how much you know about a subject the moment you give explanations to someone who doesn't know anything about it.”

— Luigina Sgarro

A bad artist almost always tries to conceal his incompetence by whooping up a new formula.

— H. L. Mencken