Skillful Quotes

122 quotes by 108 authors

Have you ever wondered... how religious movements get started? Usually, we think of them as a product of highly charismatic evangelists... but the spread of… — Malcolm Gladwell
At a time when painting itself often seems to be a threatened, even despised, form of artistic activity, Andrew Salgado emerges as a dazzlingly skillful… — Edward Lucie-Smith
As in the game of billiards, the balls are constantly producing effects from mere chance, which the most skillful player could neither execute nor foresee,… — Charles Caleb Colton
Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful not to hurt anybody. He's skillful. — Richard Gere
It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage. — George William Curtis
Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to… — Charles Dickens
The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. — Epictetus
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest. — Epicurus
When I found Jesus Christ, I learned to be a better athlete. I didn't have to go out there and knock them out in the… — George Foreman
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination. — Edward Hopper
History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use… — Daisaku Ikeda
I was with this girl the other night and from the way she was responding to my skillful caresses, you would have sworn that she… — Emo Philips
I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and… — Sidney Poitier
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders… — Harry S. Truman
Whatever the Way, the master of strategy does not appear fastâ€¦.Of course, slowness is bad. Really skillful people never get out of time, and are… — Miyamoto Musashi
There is no doubt that the princess did become a queen---not only on the screen. One of the most loved, one of the most skillful,… — Gregory Peck
Just fully being skillful involves total lack of inhibition. We are not afraid to be. We are not afraid to live. We must accept ourselves… — Chogyam Trungpa
Comics deal with two fundamental communicating devices: words and images. Admittedly this is an arbitrary separation. But, since in the modern world of communication they… — Will Eisner
Try not to compare your children, even if you think you are skillful at it. You may say most positively that "Susan is pretty and… — Jeffrey R. Holland
No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire. — L. Frank Baum

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