“The sporting qualities of a fish are dependent neither on its size nor its weight, but on the effort of concentration, the skill and mastery the fish demands from the fisherman” EffortQualitySeaSkillsDemandRiversWeightSizeFishesBoatDependentLakesFishingConcentrationMasteryFisherman Author:Charles Ritz
“Toughness has nothing to do with size, physical strength or athleticism. Toughness is A SKILL that can be developed & improved.” SkillsSizeToughnessPhysical StrengthAthleticism Author:Jay Bilas
“To operate a company of the size of Sears Holdings or Wal-Mart or Target or Home Depot or Lowes, you need a combination of skills, and each of those skills needs to be sufficiently strong.” NeedsHomeStrongCompanySkillsSizeCombinationTargetSearsLowes Author:Edward Lampert
“Smart tech investor thinks about: a) future product roadmap, b) bottoms-up market size & growth, c) talent and skill of team. Essentially you are valuing things that have not yet happened, and the likelihood of the CEO and team being able to make them happen. Finance people find this appalling, but investors who do this well can make a lot of money.” PeopleThinkingWellsHappensAbleGrowthHappenedTeamTalentProductsSkillsSmartBottomInvestingSizeFinanceInvestorsLots Of MoneyCeoLikelihood Author:Marc Andreessen
“For Tibetans, the real strength of our struggle is truth - not size, money, or expertise. China is much bigger, richer, more powerful militarily, and has much better skill in diplomacy. They outdo us in every field. But they have no justice. We have placed our whole faith in truth and in justice. We have nothing else, in principle and in practice.” RealWholeJusticePowerfulPrinciplesPracticeStruggleFieldsSkillsBiggerSizeChinaDiplomacyExpertiseTibetanReal Strength Author:Dalai Lama
“In my martial arts days. I was taught a lot of discipline that probably rolls over into other parts of my life. You're not supposed to attack back until you're attacked. You never take your skills and abuse them. I knew I could be lethal to someone my size.” ArtTaughtDisciplineSkillsAbuseSizeMartial Arts Author:Taryn Manning
“loneliness can fly a helicopter through a cut-out shape of a helicopter the same size as the helicopter and that's it's only skill and it isn't good enough but it's still amazing.” StillsEnoughCuttingLonelinessShapesSkillsSizeGood EnoughHelicopters Author:Tao Lin
“If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn't matter how great you were, it'll always take an unfunny drunk with climbing skills to make people notice you.” PeopleIfsWantMatterMiddleSkillsTownsSticksSizeDrunkClimbingIgnoredStatuesBronzeLife Size Book:Banksy: wall and piece Source: Banksy: wall and piece
“Living alone,' November whispered, 'is a skill, like running long distance or programming old computers. You have to know parameters, protocols. You have to learn them so well that they become like a language: to have music always so that the silence doesn't overwhelm you, to perform your work exquisitely well so that your time is filled. You have to allow yourself to open up until you are the exact size of the place you live, no more or else you get restless. No less, or else you drown. There are rules; there are ways of being and not being.” KnowsWayWellsLongRunningLanguageSilenceSkillsComputerFilledDistanceSizeProgrammingRestlessNovemberLong DistanceParametersProtocolLiving AlonePlaces You Live Author:Catherynne M. Valente