--- title: "11 Motor Skills Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Motor Skills quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Motor Skills sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b0/jesse-eisenberg-2642_ambitious_i-m-no-good-at-really-anything-that-invo_2813233.jpg" --- > [I'm no good at really anything that involves motor skills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-eisenberg/i-m-no-good-at-really-anything-that-involves-motor-skills/) [Jesse Eisenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-eisenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b0/jesse-eisenberg-2642_ambitious_i-m-no-good-at-really-anything-that-invo_2813233.jpg) > [“The first thing you lose when you die is your motor skills.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-matthews/the-first-thing-you-lose-when-you-die-is-your-motor-skills/) [John H. Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-matthews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/636/john-h-matthews-100401_america_the-first-thing-you-lose-when-you-die-is_2119892.jpg) > [Sleep deprivation impairs everything from your motor skills to your reaction time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-morin/sleep-deprivation-impairs-everything-from-your-motor-skills-to-your/) [Amy Morin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-morin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c51/amy-morin-4409_everything_sleep-deprivation-impairs-everything-fro_1395217.jpg) > [“I'm a big animal. Fine motor skills are not me forte.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mehalek/i-m-a-big-animal-fine-motor-skills-are-not-me-forte/) [Mike Mehalek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mehalek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d6/mike-mehalek-60286_animal_i-m-a-big-animal-fine-motor-skills-are-n_538377.jpg) > [Technically I don't play sports because I have two left feet and I cannot coordinate and my motor skills are a bit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-seah/technically-i-don-t-play-sports-because-i-have-two-left-feet-and-i/) [Nicole Seah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-seah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ee/nicole-seah-18700_athlete_technically-i-don-t-play-sports-because_2391569.jpg) > [If you stop doing a skill you've done for years for any period of time, there's an adjustment period to get it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/if-you-stop-doing-a-skill-you-ve-done-for-years-for-any-period-of/) [Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/brian-o-driscoll-7399_adjustment_if-you-stop-doing-a-skill-you-ve-done-fo_2757229.png) > [I certainly don't think adrenalin coursing through your veins, is going to help with the fine motor skills of golf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-appleby/i-certainly-don-t-think-adrenalin-coursing-through-your-veins-is/) [Stuart Appleby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-appleby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b1/stuart-appleby-28309_adrenalin_i-certainly-don-t-think-adrenalin-coursi_3165500.png) > [Learning a musical instrument is challenging, it demands fine motor skills and coordination. It develops children's listening, thinking skills, imagination and perseverance.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-hancock/learning-a-musical-instrument-is-challenging-it-demands-fine-motor/) [Sheila Hancock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-hancock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8b/sheila-hancock-5465_best_learning-a-musical-instrument-is-challen_1195145.png) > [“This is the main advantage of ether: it makes you behave like the village drunkard in some early Irish novel... total loss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/this-is-the-main-advantage-of-ether-it-makes-you-behave-like-the/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/568/hunter-s-thompson-278_dreams_this-is-the-main-advantage-of-ether-it-m_2521901.jpg) > [“Coonskin caps and silly putty were just not going to cut it anymore. The good mother got her kids toys that were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-j-douglas/coonskin-caps-and-silly-putty-were-just-not-going-to-cut-it-anymore/) [Susan J. Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-j-douglas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/susan-j-douglas-23212_frank-lloyd-wright_coonskin-caps-and-silly-putty-were-just_2394804.jpg) > [“As the late neurologist Max Levin theorized: "If play were not pleasurable, kittens would never chase each other's tails, and so would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pollack/as-the-late-neurologist-max-levin-theorized-if-play-were-not/) [John Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/john-pollack-81973_humor_as-the-late-neurologist-max-levin-theori_370460.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/motor-skills/#itemlist", "name": "Motor Skills Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm no good at really anything that involves motor skills.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jesse Eisenberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-eisenberg/i-m-no-good-at-really-anything-that-involves-motor-skills/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b0/jesse-eisenberg-2642_ambitious_i-m-no-good-at-really-anything-that-invo_2813233.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b0/jesse-eisenberg-2642_ambitious_i-m-no-good-at-really-anything-that-invo_2813233.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b0/jesse-eisenberg-2642_ambitious_i-m-no-good-at-really-anything-that-invo_2813233.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm no good at really anything that involves motor skills.” — Jesse Eisenberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The first thing you lose when you die is your motor skills.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John H. 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The good mother got her kids toys that were educational, that advanced gross and fine motor skills, that gave them the spatial sensibilities and design aptitude of Frank Lloyd Wright, and that taught Johnny how to read James Joyce at age three. God forbid that one second should pass where your child was idle and that you were not doing everything you could to promote his or her emotional, cognitive, imaginative, quantitative, or muscular development.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Susan J. 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If there were no pleasure in the appreciation of the absurd, if there were no fun in playing with ideas, putting them together in various combinations and seeing what makes sense or nonsense -- in brief, if there were not such a thing as humor -- children would lack practice in the art of thinking, the most complex and most powerful survival tool of all.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Pollack" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pollack/as-the-late-neurologist-max-levin-theorized-if-play-were-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/john-pollack-81973_humor_as-the-late-neurologist-max-levin-theori_370460.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/john-pollack-81973_humor_as-the-late-neurologist-max-levin-theori_370460.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/john-pollack-81973_humor_as-the-late-neurologist-max-levin-theori_370460.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As the late neurologist Max Levin theorized: \"If play were not pleasurable, kittens would never chase each…” — John Pollack", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/motor-skills/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/motor-skills/", "name": "Motor Skills Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/motor-skills/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b0/jesse-eisenberg-2642_ambitious_i-m-no-good-at-really-anything-that-invo_2813233.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 11 Motor Skills quotes by 11 authors. 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