Competent Quotes

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. Robert A. Heinlein
Jealousy Insecurity Symptom Invariably Neurotic Self-Confident Person Anything Incapable Competent
Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself. Adam Grant
Work You Yourself Speak Would About Politeness Were Bragging Itself Norms Modesty Really Your Violates Competent
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary. Billy Joel
Me Age Incompetence Extraordinary Merely Makes Said Am Competent
A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces the proper courtroom procedures - a trial in which every assumption can be challenged. Harry Browne
Judge Every Assumption Honored Trial Evidence Rules Proper Counsel Fair Fair Trial Courtroom Accused Procedures Which Challenged Competent
People judge you really quickly, at first just on your facial features. There are two dimensions - warmth and competence. You can think of them as trustworthiness and strength. They're first judging you on warmth; evaluating whether or not you are trustworthy. That's much more important to them than whether or not you're competent. Amy Cuddy
Strength You People Judge First Important Think Dimensions Facial More Features Judging Trustworthy Quickly Than Just Whether Them Warmth Much Really Your Evaluating Competence Competent Two
I notice that young men go to the universities in order to become doctors or philosophers or anything, so long as it is a title, and that many go in for those professions who are utterly unfit for them, while others who would be very competent are prevented by business or their daily cares, which keep them away from letters. Galileo Galilei
Daily Business Men Long Doctors Become Young Cares Others Philosophers Those Would Would-Be Go Very Unfit Order Anything Which While Title Young Men Them Notice Who Many Keep Professions Away Letters Utterly Competent Universities
I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections. Benazir Bhutto
Government Contest Am Elections Competent
What I'm really addicted to is getting people to understand that if their kids aren't competent readers coming out of middle school, it's really going to be hard for them in high school. James Patterson
People School Addicted Kids Out High High School Readers Understand Coming Getting Going Middle Middle School Them Really Hard Competent
If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid. John Maynard Keynes
Humble People Thought Would Would-Be Could Splendid Economists Get Manage Themselves Level Competent
Housework is the only activity at which men are allowed to be consistently inept because they are thought to be so competent at everything else. Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Thought Men Else Everything Everything Else Consistently Only Allowed Because Housework Inept Which Activity Competent
There is no longer a doubt that women are just as competent as men. Gender differences are guided by nurture, as society treats boys and girls differently from an early age. Naveen Jain
Age Women Nurture Men Girl Gender Differences Doubt Society Guided Longer Boy Boys And Girls Women Are Just Differently Competent Early Early Age Treats
To handle the economy and services in a country like Iraq requires delegation of authority and the choice of competent people. Ahmed Chalabi
People Country Delegation Like Economy Iraq Handle Authority Choice Requires Services Competent
The improvisational nature of jazz musicianship is such that a truly competent performer must be prepared to function as an on-the-spot composer who is expected to contribute to the orchestration in progress, not simply to execute the score as it is written and rehearsed. Albert Murray
Nature Progress Jazz Musicianship Must Composer Be Prepared Written Simply Performer Execute Truly Score Contribute Expected Improvisational Orchestration Who Rehearsed Prepared Function Competent
I would say 'competence' actually might be slightly more important than passion. I understand that it is important to feel strongly about things, but give me a competent dentist over a passionate dentist any day, if only because something about the phrase 'passionate dentist' is deeply unnerving. Alexandra Petri
Day Me Passion Important Say Slightly Unnerving Would Phrase About Give Strongly Something Give Me More Only Feel Over Because Understand Passionate Dentist Than Any Might Deeply Actually Things Competence Competent
Most people are fed up to the back teeth with the never-ending wrangle over Brexit. All they want is for a competent government to get on with it and deliver a great deal for everyone in the U.K. Anna Soubry
Government Great People Great Deal Back Everyone Teeth Fed Fed Up Deliver Never-Ending Over Most Deal Up Get Want Brexit Competent
America does not need gorgeous halls and concert rooms for its musical development, but music schools with competent teachers, and many, very many, free scholarships for talented young disciples who are unable to pay the expense of study. Anton Seidl
Music Gorgeous Free Young Pay Musical Unable Scholarships Study Development Talented Schools Concert Disciples Does Halls Very America Expense Rooms Teachers Who Many Competent Need
It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star. Arthur Eddington
Hope Future Simple Judgment Too Distant Shall Understand Sound Star Thing Competent
The strangest thing about the low quality of Internet argument is that effective argument isn't really so difficult. Sure, not everyone can be Clarence Darrow, but anyone who wants to be at least competent at argument can do it. Barry Eisler
Quality Internet Argument Difficult Everyone About Sure Least Effective Anyone Wants Low Really Strangest Who Thing Competent
The students I have come in contact with at Harvard are highly competent individuals who prefer to be challenged and respond well to encouragement. Catherine Asaro
Encouragement Respond Harvard Students Contact Individuals Highly Come Well Prefer Who Challenged Competent
Experts say that Britain and France have strong spy agencies; Germany's is competent but afraid to level with its public; the rest are relatively weak, and there is no Europe-wide spy agency. David Ignatius
Strong Rest Relatively France Say Weak Spy Germany Afraid Experts Public Agencies Agency Level Competent Britain
Everything about it worked, and I don't mean just the movie, but in our experience, we realized there's also a component of luck involved in this business. We had absolutely the most competent people in the studio working on the release and ad campaign. David Zucker
Business Experience People Luck Our Everything Release Component About Absolutely Had Studio Most Involved Also Campaign Just Movie Mean Realized Worked Working Ad Ad Campaign Competent
What is competent? Who is it that can adjudicate what is competent or not competent? If the guys that are running the most important banks in our country aren't competent enough, well then, who is competent enough? Edward Conard
Country Important Enough Our Running Guys Most Well The Most Important Banks Then Who Competent
I met a lot of women in the military with Meg Ryan, and they were remarkably impressive: Competent and strong and not versions of men, but versions of women. And they had stories to tell about how difficult it had been for them. Edward Zwick
Women Strong Men Met Military Difficult Tell About Remarkably Had How Were Been Lot Versions Impressive Stories Them Competent
Let's face it: 'Threatening' people are the only interesting people around. The unthreatening are, by and large, competent mediocrities who take lemming-like aim at careers in television. Florence King
People Face Aim Television Threatening Only Take Around Interesting Interesting People Who Large Competent Careers
Stardom is just an uneasy seat on top of a tricky toboggan. Being a star is merely perching at the head of the downgrade. A competent featured player can last a lifetime. A star, a year or two. There's all that agony of finding suitable stories, keeping in character, maintaining illusion. Fredric March
Character Illusion Year Suitable Top Tricky Finding Featured Lifetime Head Merely Maintaining Uneasy Just Being Stories Agony Downgrade Star Stardom Seat Keeping Player Competent Last Two
When a person thinks that you are not competent enough to do his film or work with him, one should not ask for work from that person. Govinda
Work You Enough Him His Person Ask Should Film Competent Thinks
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