Competent Quotes

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The sincere artist is usually his own best critic, but continuous and prolonged work on one painting will sometimes dull his judgment... The critic is… — Walter J. Phillips
Today any successful and competent businessman will employ the latest and best-tested methods in production, distribution, and administration. Many are discovering that one of the… — Norman Vincent Peale
Find people who are competent and really bright, but more importantly, people who care exactly about the same things you care about. — Steve Jobs
Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you. — Stephen Covey
It's an empirical question whether training makes one more or less likely to get in a fight outside the gym. In some ways, I'm probably… — Jonathan Gottschall
What are the hallmarks of a competent writer of fiction? The first, it seems to me, is that he should be immensely interested in human… — H. L. Mencken
'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' and 'Zero Dark Thirty,' three films honored with Best Picture Oscar nominations, lionize their Washington-anchored protagonists as crafty, competent, and virtually incorruptible. — Ron Fournier
Let us not say that we will decide on a political basis at the national level that no State is competent to regulate the practice… — Barney Frank
We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a… — William Glasser
Told that the passing grade is a B or competence and that we will help you to get there, students do competent work. The lowest… — William Glasser
If this work seems so threatening, this is because it isn't simply eccentric or strange, but competent, rigorously argued, and carrying conviction. — Jacques Derrida
The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever… — Edsger Dijkstra
A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. — Robert A. Heinlein
Even if I disagree with Obama on many, many things, he is certainly qualified to be president. He is certainly competent to be president. — Penn Jillette
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary. — Billy Joel
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no… — Billy Joel
If people are failing, they look inept. If people are succeeding, they look strong and good and competent. That's the 'halo effect.' Your first impression… — Daniel Kahneman
I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice. — Jack Kevorkian
If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid. — John Maynard Keynes
There are actors who can pull of a writer's lines; I am not competent enough to do that. — Salman Khan

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