Competent Quotes

226 quotes by 197 authors

It is by now beyond question that Elton John is a competent and classy entertainer. Few people who have achieved his popularity have succeeded in… — Jon Landau
The Faces do not, as some have recently alleged, play badly. They are more than competent, especially at creating a mid-Sixties Rolling Stones-styled groove, as… — Jon Landau
Justice Ginsburg is a very competent justice, and it is a joy to have her on the court, but particularly for me it is a… — Sandra Day O'Connor
What I'm really addicted to is getting people to understand that if their kids aren't competent readers coming out of middle school, it's really going… — James Patterson
Most of us have had that experience - at around puberty - of realising that, despite whatever efforts we put into our chosen sports, we… — Will Self
I just love music - by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent. — Vikram Seth
When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected. — Tommy Shaw
A married woman has the same natural right to acquire and hold property, and to make all contracts that she is mentally competent to make… — Lysander Spooner
Quacks are a part of our culture, and we all fall prey to them. Who among us can say, for sure, that even our own… — Hunter S. Thompson
Whenever serious and competent people need to get things done in the real world, all considerations of tradition and protocol fly out the window. — Neal Stephenson
Most contemporary novels are not really "written." They obtain what reality they have largely from an accurate rendering of the noises that human beings currently… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
As a means of dispensing formulated ignorance our boasted public school system is not without merit; it spreads out education sufficiently thin to give everyone… — Ambrose Bierce
There must be only three supreme values which govern a person's life: Reason, Purpose, and Self-esteem. Reason, as his only tool of knowledge--Purpose, as his… — Ayn Rand
Since I was a law student, I have been against the death penalty. It does not deter. It is severely discriminatory against minorities, especially since… — Ralph Nader
The old man was peering intently at the shelves. 'I'll have to admit that he's a very competent scholar.' Isn't he just a librarian?' Garion… — David Eddings
Even the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious, and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary that he should… — George Orwell
Theological formation is the gradual and often painful discovery of God's incomprehensibility. You can be competent in many things, but you cannot be competent in… — Henri Nouwen
Brant's an idealist, and he's competent. There are few more dangerous combinations in this world... Heroes are even more dangerous than idealists. — Patricia C. Wrede
The generosity of the Earth allows us to feed all mankind; we know enough about ecology to keep the Earth a healthy place; there is… — E F Schumacher
It is also true that the less competent a person is in a given domain, the more he will tend to overestimate his abilities. This… — Sam Harris

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