Qualifications Quotes

145 quotes by 127 authors

I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence… — Mary Wortley Montagu
I have no qualifications to do anything else and there weren't any formal application forms you had to fill in for stand-up, so I thought… — Dylan Moran
The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications. — Samuel Richardson
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head. — Arthur Schopenhauer
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent. — Stendhal
To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in… — Earl Warren
Ordinary men are given the authority of the priesthood. Worthiness and willingness - not experience, expertise, or education - are the qualifications for priesthood ordination. — David A. Bednar
I have met some highly intelligent believers, but history has no record to say that [s]he knew or understood the mind of god. Yet this… — Christopher Hitchens
In a very real sense not one of us is qualified, but it seems that God continually chooses the most unqualified to do his work,… — Madeleine L'Engle
The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting… — Marcel Duchamp
Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do… — James Dean
Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make merry, laugh or… — Oscar Wilde
I don't trust society to protect us, I have no intention of placing my fate in the hands of men whose only qualification is that… — Mario Puzo
Those who, in debate, appeal to their qualifications, argue from memory, not from understanding. — Leonardo da Vinci
Great minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that are often inferior but are slightly touched… — Guy de Maupassant
Society never made the preposterous demand that a man should think as much about his own qualifications for making a charming girl happy as he… — George Eliot
There is no reason in the world why you should not be important where you are known. You have good sense, and a sweet temper,… — Jane Austen
The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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