Not that I haven't leaped up into the blinding light of competence now and then. It's sustaining the altitude that defeats me. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
The so-called scientific basis of the climate problem is within my professional competence as a meteorologist. It is my professional opinion that… — Hendrik Tennekes Copy Share Image
Never risk throwing your hearts at incompetent hearts, they would let it crash. Throw it into competent hearts that would die to… — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
That myth--that image of the madonna-mother--has disabled us from knowing that, just as men are more than fathers, women are morethan mothers.… — Lillian B. Rubin Copy Share Image
I lost the conviction that lights would always turn green for me, the pleasant certainty that those rather passive virtues which had… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
We must believe in ourselves as no one else will believe in us, we must match our expectations with the competence, courage… — Rosalyn Sussman Yalow Copy Share Image
Of all the human qualities, the one I admire the most is competence. A tailor who is really able to cut and… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Artists with a capital 'A' are at ease working in all areas of art, whether it is a contemporary abstract painting or… — Igor Babailov Copy Share Image
Ah. Yeah, that would be better. Have you ever driven a bus?" Caine shook his head. "No, I have not." "Strangely enough,"… — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for truth is guilty of a kind of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The ideological are individuals ultimately swamped by the complexities of modern life and political and economic relations; they have deliberately attached themselves… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
I don't understand these national awards, because half of those who sit in judgement over Indian films do not... possess the competence… — Satyajit Ray Copy Share Image
“Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell em, Certainly I can! Then get busy and find out how… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The most striking aspect of linguistic competence is what we may call the 'creativity of language,' that is, the speaker's ability to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Rights must flow from responsibilities and responsibilities from competence and capacity. — Tasneem Hameed Copy Share Image
“Intuition is a sense of knowing how to act decisively without needing to know why.” — Lolly Daskal Copy Share Image
Unfounded fears about your competence and abilities can cripple your unique talents and gifts, which are waiting to be released. — Dan Miller Copy Share Image
There is a light at the end of the tunnel but first you'll have to find the light switch and change the… — Tim Field Copy Share Image
“Many people spend more time looking at their failures than focusing on their successes.” — Lolly Daskal Copy Share Image
Here's my theory about meetings and life: the three things you can't fake are erections, competence and creativity. — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
The fundamental trouble with marriage is that it shakes a man's confidence in himself, and so greatly diminishes his general competence and… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
