Skills Quotes — Page 35

EY

Poet, Playwright

“A dearth of words a woman need not fear; But 'tis a task indeed to learn to hear: In that the skill of conversation lies; That shows and makes you both polite and wise.”

Lying Wise Skills

♥ 3

ES

Eliot Spitzer

Politician

“Imagine if the pension funds and endowments that own much of the equity in our financial services companies demanded that those companies revisit the way mortgages were marketed to those without adequate skills to understand the products they were being sold. Management would have to change the way things were done.”

Done Skills Adequate

♥ 3

EG

Elizabeth George

Author

“For being able to use language was a critical skill that could carry one far. One could use it professionally, as a crafter of everything from political speeches to modern novels. One could use it personally, as a tool of discovery or a means of staying connected to others. One could use it as an outlet that would feed the artistic spirit of the creator, which existed in everyone.”

Mean Skills Modern Novel

♥ 3

Emily Dickinson

Poet

“A Clock stopped-- Not the Mantel's-- Geneva's farthest skill Can't put the puppet bowing-- That just now dangled still”

Skills Clock Puppets

♥ 3

EJ

Emily James Smith Putnam

Historian

“The lady is proverbial for her skill in eluding definition ... she may be described merely as the female of the favored social class.”

Class Skills Female

♥ 3

Euripides

Playwright

“Why do we make so much of knowledge, struggle so hard to get some little skill not worth the effort?”

Struggle Skills Knowledge

♥ 3

Carl Sandburg

Poet, Biographer

“There is a formal poetry perfect only in form?the number of syllables, the designated and required stresses of accent, the rhymes if wantedthey come off with the skill of a solved crossword puzzle.”

Numbers Skills Stress

♥ 3

Daniel Kahneman

Psychologist, Nobel Laureate

“Unfortunately, skill in evaluating the business prospects of a firm is not sufficient for successful stock trading, where the key question is whether the information about the firm is already incorporated in the price of the stock. Traders apparently lackthe skill to answer this crucial question, but they appear to be ignorant of their ignorance.”

Successful Ignorance Skills

♥ 3

DW

Dar Williams

Singer-songwriter

“Guiding the ship takes more the your skill. It is the compass inside as the strength of your will.”

Skills Ships Compass

♥ 3

CD

Carson Daly

Television Host

“If I could be lucky enough to just have radio as the base for the rest of my life, I could build off that. No matter how successful I become, I always look at radio as the only skill set I can really call on. I even know how to operate the boards.”

Successful Skills Boards

♥ 3

CK

Carson Kressley

Television Personality

“Humour ended up being a really useful skill when it came time to be an international television celebrity.”

Skills Television Humour

♥ 3

ET

Ellen Terry

Actress

“No amount of skill on the part of the actress can make up for the loss of youth.”

Loss Skills Actresses

♥ 3