Skill Quotes

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With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good… — Venus Williams
When I was just a girl in Sydney, no one thought, 'Oh, she's going to be a movie star.' No one. I had to get… — Rebel Wilson
Trade has played a vital role in the social evolution of humankind. It allowed people to specialise, which raises both skill levels and efficiency. It… — Julian Baggini
I'm a very positive person. My grandmother taught me that happiness is both a skill and a decision, and you are responsible for the outcome. — Helen McCrory
A lot of people use collaborative technologies badly, then abandon them. They aren't 'plug-and-play.' The invisible part is the social skill necessary to use them. — Howard Rheingold
Entertainers wrongly assume that their fame, money, and influence arise from broad knowledge rather than natural talent, looks, or mastery of a narrow skill. — Victor Davis Hanson
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth… — Ursula K. Le Guin
In art as in lovemaking, heartfelt ineptitude has its appeal and so does heartless skill, but what you want is passionate virtuosity. — John Barth
It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever," he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching? — Terry Pratchett
She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved… — Harper Lee
Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular skill. — Sheri L. Dew
Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a… — Paulo Coelho
Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties. He must have the courage… — Bertolt Brecht
Good description is a learned skill, one of the prime reasons why you cannot succeed unless you read a lot and write a lot. Itâ€™s… — Stephen King
...alas, raising a young lady is a mystery even beyond an enchanter's skill. — Lloyd Alexander
Luck is only my lover, not my wife," replied Bahktiaan easily. He drew his saber. "If ever I wed, it will be skill and intelligence."… — Kate Elliott
Cooking is 80 percent confidence, a skill best acquired starting from when the apron strings wrap around you twice. — Barbara Kingsolver
He feared his maturity as it grew upon him with its ripe thought, its skill, its finished art; yet which lacked the poetry of boyhood… — T.E. Lawrence
As readers, we have gone from learning a precious craft whose secret was held by a jealous few, to taking for granted a skin that… — Alberto Manguel

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