Mr. Watras asked me whether I was practicing, and I told him I was practicing my tissue basketball skills. — Jordan Sonnenblick Copy Share Image
Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
The classicist, and the naturalist who has much in common with him, refuse to see in the highest works of art anything… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
I discovered early on that the player who learned the fundamentals of basketball is going to have a much better chance of… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
It's no good starting out by thinking one is a heaven-born genius- some people are, but very few. No, one is a… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Learn how to ignore the examples from others when they are wrong, because few skills are more worth having. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
My experiences and training back at drama school were very enlightening. I always believe in improving, be it kathak or my acting… — Jiah Khan Copy Share Image
A wise man once said-'the skill in attending a party is knowing when it's time to leave,' — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Societies in which most people depend for most of their goods and services on the personal whim, kindness, or skill of another… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
Go for civil engineering, because civil engineering is the branch of engineering which teaches you the most about managing people. Managing people… — John Harvey-Jones Copy Share Image
The camera course was a bit crap. But when I was in drama school, I wasn't interested. I wanted to be a… — Phoebe Fox Copy Share Image
In good old Colonial Dunsboro, masochism is a valuable job skill. It is in most jobs. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Training and learning a new skill is all about repetition. With this in mind be careful not to get repetitive to the… — Catherine Cox Copy Share Image
Extraordinary potential exists in all of us. With the right environment, resources, skills and knowledge, 'ordinary' people can produce extraordinary results. — Kevin Eikenberry Copy Share Image
Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice. — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
The music usually occurs to me as a complete sound, and then I have developed the skill of being able to translate… — Ariel Pink Copy Share Image
As a skilled psychologist, Dr. Reznick draws from her wealth of experience to offer children and parents a treasure trove of skills… — Judith Orloff Copy Share Image
The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Skills training and industry-preparedness are the distinct advantages these students have. At the completion of their degree they have been trained to… — Lynn Dickey Copy Share Image