“The people who are rising, they're super ambitious. They have relationships with people above them. They have relationships, hierarchical, sort of people below them. A lot of people do not have relationships horizontally. And there's a lot of people who reach high political offices, but who are weirdly lonely, weirdly lacking in intimacy skills.” PeoplePoliticalSkillsOfficeLonelyIntimacyRisingAmbitiousLacking Author:Mark Shields
“A fellow who cannot throw a flapjack is sadly lacking in the skill one expects to find in a real woodcrafter.” RealSkillsFellowsLackingFlapjacks Book:The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft Source: The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft
“Mitt Romney was attacking Obama about our failing education system. He has a point. We are graduating millions of people in this country who are so lacking in basic analytical skills, they are considering voting for Mitt Romney.” PeopleCountryMillionsFailingSkillsVotingGraduatesConsideringLackingAttackingRomneyEducation System Author:Bill Maher
“It seems to me that people who don’t learn as easily as others suffer from a kind of learning disability—there is something different about the way they comprehend unfamiliar material—but I fail to see how this disability is improved by psychiatric consultation. What seems to be lacking is a technical ability that those of us called ‘good students’ are born with. Someone should concretely study these skills and teach them. What does a shrink have to do with the process?” PeopleWayShouldKindDoeDifferentSeemsSufferingProcessBornAbilityTeachStudyFailingStudentsMaterialsSkillsDisabilityLackingShrinksUnfamiliarPsychiatricGood StudentsConsultationLearning Disability Author:John Irving
“I have a fork and a spoon, but never a knife… as if I’m lacking manual skills or teeth. I have both, however. That’s why I’m not allowed a knife.” IfsSkillsTeethKnivesLackingForksSpoonsManuals Author:Margaret Atwood