“Commentators frequently blame MMORPGs for an increasing sense of isolation in modern life. But virtual worlds are less a cause of that… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
Omnicompetence,' the ability to obtain whatever one wants or needs, is an unattainable but continuously approachable ideal for all mankind - past,… — Russell L. Ackoff Copy Share Image
Derek, you just don't say things like that to a woman. Keep going this way and you'll spend your life alone." "Don't… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
Being a comfortable public speaker, which involves easily being able to go off-script, strongly signals competence. — Amy Cuddy Copy Share Image
A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Growing older is an opportunity for you to increase your value and competence as the neural connections in your hippocampus and throughout… — Christiane Northrup Copy Share Image
The New York Hilton is laid out with a competence that would make a computer blush. — Ada Louise Huxtable Copy Share Image
If you want to be successful, don't seek success - seek competence, empowerment; do nothing short of the best that you can… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
It's not uncommon for people to overvalue the importance of demonstrating their competence and power, often at the expense of demonstrating their… — Amy Cuddy Copy Share Image
An organization's success has more to do with clarity of shared purpose, common principles and strength of belief in them than to… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
To know whom to strike is competence; to know how to strike is skill; to know where and when to strike is… — James Roby Copy Share Image
“Your driver is on the steer, driving you and you can feel free to doze in the car; this is trust built… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
In tribal times, there were the medicine men. In the Middle Ages, there were the priests. Today, there are the lawyers. For… — Fred Rodell Copy Share Image
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
“Do not allow your inner doubts to keep you from achieving what you can do.” — Lolly Daskal Copy Share Image
I mean the whole economy just comes to a grinding halt. Competence in markets and in institutions, it's a lot like oxygen.… — Howard Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There are a few investment managers, of course, who are very good - though in the short run, it's difficult to determine… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“Skills make dreams happen. They build economies. They make people rich and famous. In today’s world, the demands for skills are staggering.… — Emi Iyalla Copy Share Image
No doubt there are some who, when confronted with a line of mathematical symbols, however simply presented, can only see the face… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
No scientist is admired for failing in the attempt to solve problems that lie beyond his competence. ... Good scientists study the… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
With a profound first-hand knowledge of participants, encompassing linguistic competence, and engaging prose, Padraic Kenney recreates the simultaneously serious and playful currents… — Charles S. Maier Copy Share Image
People value honesty. They value integrity. They value competence and courage and all those kinds of things. — Richard A. Kidd Copy Share Image
A good landscape painting is not just a demonstration of competent application of paint. It must offer a feeling of homage to… — Keith Shackleton Copy Share Image
The code of competence is the only system of morality that's on a gold standard. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
