#compete

At the same time, the Reagan Administration assured that the main elements of policymaking were in the hands of competent loyalists, thus assuring a successful launch and a highly successful first year. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#assured #assuring #competent #elements #first

Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent. ↗

— Aaron Allston

#first #incompetent #lawyers #refuge

You know, I'm really not that competent at describing things musically. ↗

— Paul Thomas Anderson

#describing #i #know #musically #really

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#last #refuge #violence

First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the more the parties will have to compete for their votes using reason rather than the hateful appeals. ↗

— John Avlon

#both #both sides #compete #declare #first

I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions. ↗

— Oksana Baiul

#better #compete #competitions #could #exhibitions

Like all young reporters - brilliant or hopelessly incompetent - I dreamed of the glamorous life of the foreign correspondent: prowling Vienna in a Burberry trench coat, speaking a dozen languages to dangerous women, narrowly escaping Sardinian bandits - the usual stuff that newspaper dreams are made of. ↗

— Russell Baker

#brilliant #coat #correspondent #dangerous #dozen

There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial side of the business, possibly because most people competent to write about journalism are not comfortable writing about finance. ↗

— Russell Baker

#because #business #comfortable #competent #concerned

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#almost #become #boast #boasts #claim

A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce, reducing the cost of doing business and making available the resources business needs to compete and thrive in today's global economy. ↗

— Rod Blagojevich

#available #business #compete #cost #development