Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. – James J. Corbett
Fairness is not an attitude. It’s a professional skill that must be developed and exercised. – Brit Hume
We know there are a lot of people in the unemployment pool that do not match up in their skill set for what jobs are going to be created, and that’s an area we’ve got to keep pressing on. – Austan Goolsbee
I can read a four-page scene once and have it memorized. It’s a skill you learn in school: disposable cramming. – Blake Lively
Generating ideas isn’t some mystical talent that you have to be born with: it’s a skill you can develop. – Charles Stross
If you’ve spent a long time developing a skill and techniques, and now some 14 year-old upstart can get exactly the same result, you might feel a bit miffed I suppose, but that has happened forever. – Brian Eno
It’s going to sound ridiculous, but knowing how to pose, how to maintain a level of engagement and variation for a day of shooting, is actually a skill. – Cameron Russell
To shoot a gun proficiently, including speed shooting, is much less of a skill than typing. – Bernhard Goetz
To be one of the world’s top space robotic arm operators is a necessary skill for an astronaut, but it doesn’t have much carry-over. – Chris Hadfield
There’s a catharsis in cutting down trees. But there’s absolutely none of that in picking cotton. It’s maddening! It’s fiddly, and it pricks your fingers, and it’s something that’s a very hard skill if you have no alacrity for it. – Chiwetel Ejiofor
The Democrats’ ads convince me that Governor Romney can’t sing, but his record convinces me he knows how to lead, and I think you know which skill we need more. – Artur Davis
The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated; distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages. – Charles Babbage
If you are a singer and you lose your voice, you realize that you have other skill sets when that is taken out of the equation. – Annie Golden
You’ve got to look and pick your shots – and that’s where your class and skill comes out. – Billy Joe Saunders
Modern political speechwriting is certainly a skill, and one that requires experience and practice to master. – Alex Pareene
The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause. – Bertrand Russell
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. – Edmund Burke
I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill. – Diane Cilento