#contact

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#beholder #competence #contact #eye #eye of the beholder

In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by this purely practical and utilitarian contact. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#contact #external #external world #immediate #in other words

I'm just lucky because my kids are grown-up - I love them, very proud of them, and we are in close contact as big-time friends, but they don't need me that much now and I can actually enjoy this wonderful world of music. ↗

— Robert Plant

#because #big-time #close #contact #enjoy

It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better. ↗

— Alain Prost

#always #better #bit #contact #direct

I'm pretty selective. I generally edit the contact sheets and then do work prints. Because I have my own lab and printers, I can afford the luxury of going through the contact sheets for black-and-white, making up work prints, seeing them big, and honing them down. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#because #big #black-and-white #contact #down

What troubles me is the Internet and the electronic technology revolution. Shyness is fueled in part by so many people spending huge amounts of time alone, isolated on e-mail, in chat rooms, which reduces their face-to-face contact with other people. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#chat #contact #e-mail #electronic #face-to-face

There's not as much oxygen in that hot gym and I think it's great for conditioning. I believe in a lot of boxing. You can train and work on the speed bag and heavy bag, but when you get in the ring with another fighter, it's a different story. Punches are coming at you, there's physical contact, muscle against muscle. ↗

— Emanuel Steward

#another #bag #believe #boxing #coming

I had no concerns - I had no reason to have concerns based on what was available to me about North's contacts with the private sector people, but I didn't think a CIA person should do it. ↗

— Robert M. Gates

#available #based #cia #concerns #contacts

Yes; we have a specific procedure which we follow in all cases where the Agency is in contact, for the purposes of acquiring intelligence or whatever the case may be, with an individual. ↗

— Richard M. Helms

#agency #case #cases #contact #follow

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble. ↗

— Washington Irving

#communion #contact #dignity #dreads #healthful