“You can be a giant among artists without ever attaining any great skill. Facility is a dangerous thing. When there is too much technical ease the brain stops criticizing. Don't let the hand fall into a smart way of putting the mind to sleep.” WayMindHandsArtistFallSleepBrainToo MuchDangerousDangerSkillsSmartEaseGiantsCriticizeFacilityDangerous Things Author:John French Sloan
“There's a popular concept of 'intelligence' as book smarts, like calculus or chess, as opposed to, say, social skills. So people say that 'it takes more than intelligence to succeed in human society.' But social skills reside in the brain, not the kidneys.” PeopleHumansBookSocialBrainSucceedSkillsSmartConceptsChessHuman SocietyCalculusKidneysSocial Skills Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“I may be biased, but I tend to find a much lower tendency among female programmers to be dishonest about their skills, and thus do not say they know C++ when they are smart enough to realize that that would be a lie for all but perhaps 5 people on this planet.” PeopleKnowsMayEnoughWould BeLyingRealizingPlanetsSkillsSmartFemaleTendenciesProgrammersBiased Author:Erik Naggum
“If you want to get an interesting perspective do not think of Hugh as a traditional 20th century physicist but more of a Renaissance man with interests and skills in many different areas. He was smart and lots of things interested him and he brought the same general conceptual methodology to solve them. The subject matter was not so important as the solution ideas.” IfsThinkingMenWantImportantIdeasDifferentMatterInterestInterestingSubjectsCenturyPerspectiveSkillsSmartSolutionsAreasSolveTraditional20th CenturyPhysicistRenaissanceSubject MatterMethodologyRenaissance Man Author:Hugh Everett III
“The work environment is very important in determining how enjoyable work is. It is very important to work with smart guys who have a superior level of intellectual bandwidth and still have softer skills as well.” WellsStillsImportantGuyLevelsEnvironmentSkillsIntellectualSmartSuperiorsEnjoyableWork EnvironmentBandwidthSmart Guy Author:Kumar Mangalam Birla
“The SAT is not perfect. We all know smart, knowledgeable people who do badly on standardized tests. But neither is it useless. SAT scores do measure both specific knowledge and valuable thinking skills.” PeopleThinkingKnowsPerfectSkillsSmartTestsValuableUselessSatScoreNot PerfectKnowledgeableTest ScoresSat Scores Author:Virginia Postrel
“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
“Push yourself, when you get smart up top (in your head), your skills will fall right into place.” FallSkillsSmartPush Yourself Author:Snoop Dogg
“I'm seeing too many smart kind of socially awkward kids, a lot milder than I was, not getting employment because they're not learning job skills.” KindKidsJobsSeeingSkillsSmartEmploymentAwkwardSocially Awkward Author:Temple Grandin
“I am increasingly convinced that people who have power are not necessarily smarter than others. Beyond a certain level of intelligence and level in the hierarchy, everyone is smart. What differentiates people is their political skill and savvy.” PeoplePoliticalCertainLevelsSkillsSmartConvincedSmarterHierarchyDifferentiateSavvy Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“Smart businesses do not look at labor costs alone anymore. They do look at market access, transportation, telecommunications infrastructure and the education and skill level of the workforce, the development of capital and the regulatory market.” LooksLevelsDevelopmentCostSkillsSmartLaborAccessInfrastructureTransportationWorkforceTelecommunicationsSmart BusinessTransportation Infrastructure Author:Janet Napolitano