Proficiency Quotes

35 quotes by 33 authors

Students who are interested in learning about the environment should not be dissuaded from doing so, but only if they have proved their proficiency in… — George Nethercutt
One inconvenience... may attend bold and arduous attempts: frequent failure may discourage. This evil, however, is not more pernicious than the slow proficiency which is… — Joshua Reynolds
I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into… — Theodore Roosevelt
Math proficiency is the gateway to a number of incredible careers that students may never have considered. — Danica McKellar
The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all… — Edgar Allan Poe
A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Remind me again what's wrong with Dave Matthews?" "Basically everything, except technical proficiency," Walter said. "Right." "But maybe especially the banality of the lyrics. 'Gotta… — Jonathan Franzen
...but anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness... — Christopher Paolini
All great fighting is the same, Eragon, even as all great warriors are the same. Past a certain point, it does not matter whether you… — Christopher Paolini
Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time will come when… — Dalai Lama
The partisanship surrounding space exploration and the retrenching of U.S. space policy are part of a more general trend: the decline of science in the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Indeed, the whole point of the man bun, I have surmised, is to assert a high proficiency at yoga. There are no yoga-achievement badges, no… — Russell Smith
The American Civil War produced carnage that has often been thought reserved for the combination of technological proficiency and inhumanity characteristic of a later time. — Drew Gilpin Faust
Although an increasing proportion of the Hispanic population is foreign-born - about half of adults in this group - English proficiency is and should remain… — Linda Chavez
Slavery was established by decree of Almighty God...it is sanctioned in the Bible, in both Testaments, from Genesis to Revelation...it has existed in all ages,… — Jefferson Davis

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