An ideology can provide a satisfying narrative that explains chaotic events and collective misfortunes in a way that flatters the virtue and… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Discipline is the habit of taking consistent action until one can perform with unconscious competence. Discipline weighs ounces but regret weighs tons. — Jhoon Goo Rhee Copy Share Image
I just sat there looking at television, sort of dumb and thought how horrible it was. I had -- the grand aspects… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
So who is God? No one can finally say. That is not within human competence. All we can ever say is how… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
After a period in which technocrats attempted to become stars and stars to become politicians, the political void has been occupied by… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
Leadership shows judgment, wisdom, personal appeal and proven competence. — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
That has always seemed to me one of the stranger aspects of literary fame: you prove your competence as a writer and… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
“When all help is stopped, when your loved ones started doubting your competence, when failure seems almost confirmed, but no matter what,… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Football isn't won by one person but by collective competence. It is the quality of the players and the structure of the… — Andre Villas-Boas Copy Share Image
Our confidence...is not in the competence of our own knowing, but in the faithfulness and reliability of the one who is known. — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
One has but to observe a community of beavers at work in a stream to understand the loss in his sagacity, balance,… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
Emotional self-control is NOT the same as overcontrol, the stifling of all feeling and spontaneity....when such emotional suppression is chronic, it can… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Animal knowledge is metaphysically constituted by apt belief, by belief whose correctness manifests the believer's epistemic competence, a relevant disposition to get… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
In every analysis you need to isolate what the real assets are and you must not forget to examine the franchise to… — Peter Cundill Copy Share Image
Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over… — Bud Wilkinson Copy Share Image
Women are penalized both for deviating from the masculine norm and for appearing to be masculine. When women try to establish their… — Kathleen Hall Jamieson Copy Share Image
The situation in Iraq and the reckless economic policies in the United States speak to one issue for me, and that is… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
It seems a miracle that young children easily learn the language of any environment into which they were born. The generative approach… — Niels Kaj Jerne Copy Share Image
What is good? All that enhances the feeling of power, the Will to Power, and the power itself in man. What is… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
And it makes you wonder—how can a people incapable of selecting their own lightbulbs and toilets possess enough competence to vote for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
