“Ive got to get my real skills up; like, I got to get my skills up, cause in case of a crazy catastrophe, I might have to learn how to swim.” RealMightCausesCasesCrazySkillsSwimCatastrophe Author:Theophilus London
“When you lack interest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence in the performance.” JobsInterestCasesSkillsPerformancesDiligence Book:The Portable Abraham Lincoln Source: The Portable Abraham Lincoln
“The right to be heard would be, in many cases, of little avail if it did not comprehend the right to be heard by counsel. Even the intelligent and educated layman has small and sometimes no skill in the science of law.” IfsLittlesSometimesWould BeLawCasesHeardSkillsIntelligentEducatedLayman Author:George Sutherland
“When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted to make a business case that the best performers were those people strong in these skills.” PeopleWritingBookWantedNextStrongCasesEmotionalSkillsPerformersEmotional Intelligence Author:Daniel Goleman
“In the case of all other sciences, arts, skills, and crafts, everyone is convinced that a complex and laborious programme of learning and practice is necessary for competence. Yet when it comes to philosophy, there seems to be a currently prevailing prejudice to the effect that, although not everyone who has eyes and fingers, and is given leather and last, is at once in a position to make shoes, everyone nevertheless immediately understands how to philosophize.” ArtPhilosophySeemsEyeLastsGivenPracticeCasesEffectsPositionSkillsPrejudicePhilosophicalFingersComplexesShoesConvincedCraftsNeverthelessCompetenceLeatherProgrammesPrevailing Book:Phenomenology of Spirit Source: Phenomenology of Spirit
“In most cases an act of unwelcome sex is no more bother than being vaccinated, so there's no point going on about it as if it werea fate worse than death. With skill and good manners you can avoid having to make the sacrifice, but should you find yourself in a compromising situation largely of your own making, you should stop defending your virtue and start worrying about your maturity. It will give you something to think about while the savage pumper bangs away.” IfsThinkingGivingShouldSexSituationCasesWorryVirtueFateSacrificeSkillsAbuseCompromiseMannersBotherMaturityFinding YourselfGood ManSavagesBangsNo PointGood MannersUnwelcome Author:Quentin Crisp
“There was an opening in the ER program at King Drew, so I spent the next month there, fascinated with the range of pathology that I observed, the diversity of skill that the ER physicians had to acquire, the variety of cases, and the ability to interact closely with people.” PeopleNextAbilityCasesMonthsKingsSkillsDiversityProgramOpeningVarietyRangeAcquireFascinatedPhysiciansPathology Author:Samuel Wilson
“The smaller trips are useful in between the big trips: they help me gain new skills and experiences, they solve a perpetual case of cabin fever, and they are accommodating to an ambitious public speaking schedule and to some private guiding.” HelpingBigsCasesSkillsGainsSolveHelp MeAmbitiousPerpetualSchedulesFeverPublic SpeakingCabinsNew Skills Author:Andrew Skurka
“I've been very fortunate, because sometimes it's difficult to work with your spouse. But in our case, it's a great working relationship, and we have complementary skills which makes it easy to work together. So I've been very fortunate in that regard.” SometimesTogetherEasyDifficultCasesSkillsRegardFortunateWorking TogetherSpouseGreat WorkComplementary Author:Anousheh Ansari
“Now in regard to trades and other means of livelihood, which ones are to be considered becoming to a gentleman and which ones are vulgar, we have been taught, in general, as follows. First, those means of livelihood are rejected as undesirable which incur people's ill-will, as those of tax-gatherers and usurers. Unbecoming to a gentleman, too, and vulgar are the means of livelihood of all hired workmen whom we pay for mere manual labour, not for artistic skill; for in their case the very wage they receive is a pledge of their slavery.” PeopleFirstsMeanHas BeensPayCasesTaughtBecomingSkillsTaxesRegardSlaveryTradeMereIllArtisticGentlemanLabourRejectedVulgarPledgeManualsLivelihoodWorkmenUndesirableIll WillUnbecomingManual Labour Book:Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)
“Assume that a surgeon has discovered how to do brain surgery, that he can do only one a month, that 1,000 persons a year need such an operation if they are to survive. How is the surgeon's scarce resource to be allocated? Charge whatever price is necessary to adjust supply and demand, say $50,000! 'For shame,' some will cry. 'Your market system will save only wealthy people.' For the moment, yes. But soon there will be hundreds of surgeons who will acquire the same skill; and, as in the case of the once scarce and expensive 'miracle drugs,' the price then will be within reach of all.” PeopleIfsNeedsYearsPersonsMomentsCan DoBrainCasesCryMonthsDrugSkillsDemandResourcesMiracleShameAssumingOperationsAcquireExpensiveWealthySurgerySurgeonsScarceWithin ReachSupply And DemandBrain SurgeryScarce Resources Author:Leonard Read
“I do believe that India is a unique case. And you need I think exceptional skills I think to incorporate Indian into the world nuclear order.” ThinkingWorldNeedsBelieveOrderCasesSkillsUniqueIndiaNuclearExceptional Author:Manmohan Singh
“Over the years, there's been case after case when there were very narrow decisions that had to be made about whether to launch nuclear weapons in serious cases. What is this guy [Donald Trump] going to do if his vaunted negotiating skills fail, if somebody doesn't do what he says? Is he going to say, "Okay we'll nuke them? We're done?"” IfsYearsMadeDoneGuyDecisionCasesFailingSeriousTrumpSkillsWeaponsOkayNuclearNuclear WeaponsThis GuyNegotiatingNukes Author:Noam Chomsky
“Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them; and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust his skill and thank him for his prescription.” NeedsCasesWiseSkillsWeightMedicineChristian InspirationalTrialsProportionPhysiciansFrequencyGraciousPrescriptions Author:Isaac Newton