“I feel fortunate that there was a place like the CFL where I could hone my skill and become a consistent football player and have a nice career.” FeelsCareersNicePlayerFootballSkillsFortunateConsistentFootball Player Author:Darren Flutie
“I must suppose that reading wonderful writers may, inadvertently, teach an avid reader a great deal -- not only about life and other matters, but about how to write. Therefore doubtless I have benefited from frequent immersions in the glowing genius of others. It would be nice to think so. (I do actually think so). But to improve my skills will never be the prompting force of my reading -- that's just literary lust.” ThinkingWritingMayMatterWould BeReadingForceDealsTeachNiceWonderfulReaderGeniusSkillsLustBeing NiceGlowingAvidImmersion Author:Tanith Lee
“It's always nice to share your energy with young people, the people who might not have any skills but are simply willing to be a part of it.” PeopleMightYoungEnergyNiceShareWillingSkills Author:Ai Weiwei
“I always have a feeling you should move the playing field and the minute you know what you're doing, you're wrong. Therefore, I wanted us not to try to follow Spamalot immediately, but to do something different. This is perfect because it uses all the same skills, like story telling and lyric writing and music writing, but it's presenting it in a different form. And of course it gives me and John a nice chance to perform and show off which is also fun.” KnowsGivingShouldWritingTryingDifferentStoriesUseShowsFeelingsWantedMovingFormCoursesFunChancePerfectNiceMinutesFieldsSkillsGive MePresentingDoing YouShowing OffPlaying FieldsMusic Writing Author:Eric Idle
“I spent maybe a week all day every day working on the wall, my first legal wall because I was just so excited and it was nice to be able to chill and relax and work on the piece instead of doing it quickly and running from the cops or whatever. Then it just really grew from there. Other people saw it and appreciated the skill.” PeopleFirstsRunningAbleSawsPiecesNiceWeekWallGrewSkillsExcitedRelaxCopAppreciatedChill Author:Alec Monopoly
“We live in strange times. We also live in strange places: each in a universe of our own. The people with whom we populate our universes are the shadows of whole other universes intersecting with our own. Being able to glance out into this bewildering complexity of infinite recursion and say things like, 'Oh, hi, Ed! Nice tan. How's Carol?' involves a great deal of filtering skill for which all conscious entities have eventually to develop a capacity in order to protect themselves from the contemplation of the chaos through which they seethe and tumble.” PeopleWholeAbleOrderUniverseDealsNiceStrangeProtectSkillsConsciousShadowCapacityInfiniteChaosContemplationComplexityEntityGlancesCarolsStrange PlacesRecursionStrange Times Book:Mostly Harmless Source: Mostly Harmless
“What I've found in my career is that 70 to 75 percent of comics are nice and have some sense of social skills, but there are those who end up in comedy because they don't know how to socialize. I don't want to deal with that group.” KnowsWantEndsFoundSocialDealsCareersKnow HowComedyNiceGroupsSkillsPercentSocial Skills Author:Lewis Black
“With cold eyes and indifferent mind the spectators regard the work. Connoissers admire the "skill" (as one admires a tightrope walker), enjoy the "quality of painting" (as one enjoys a pasty). But hungry souls go hungry away. The vulgar herd stroll through the rooms and pronounce the pictures "nice" or "splendid." Those who could speak have said nothing, those who could hear have heard nothing.” MindSaidSoulEyeSpeakEnjoyRoomsQualityNiceHeardPaintingColdSkillsRegardHungryAdmireIndifferentVulgarSpectatorsSplendidHerdsWalkersPastiesCold Eyes Author:Wassily Kandinsky
“What is needed, however, isn't just that people working together be nice to each other. It is discipline. Discipline is hard--harder than trustworthiness and skill and perhaps even than selflessness. We are by nature flawed and inconstant creatures. We can't even keep from snacking between meals. We are not built for discipline. We are built for novelty and excitement, not for careful attention to detail. Discipline is something we have to work at.” PeopleHardTogetherAttentionNiceNeededDisciplineSkillsCreaturesBuiltHarderDetailsCarefulExcitementMealsWorking TogetherBeing NiceSelflessnessFlawedNoveltyTrustworthinessAttention To Detail Book:The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right Source: The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right