#prowess

People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

#bent #breeding #caliber #good #good breeding

A remarkable thing about the Silicon Valley culture is that its status structure is so based on technical accomplishment and prowess. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#accomplishment #based #culture #prowess #remarkable

It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave. ↗

— Sallust

#brave #coward #defeat #even #his

But there were women in the world, and from them each of our heroes had taken to himself a wife. The good ladies were no strangers to the prowess of their husbands. and, strange as it may seem, they presumed a little upon it. ↗

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

#good #had #heroes #himself #husbands

Sex with me has been described by more than one person as “Like making love to a brick.” Of course, you’re probably skeptical, because all men boast—exaggerate—about their sexual prowess. Rest assured, if that’s not the truth, it’s only because it’s an overstatement. A brick actually moves around more than I do.
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— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#brick-and-blanket-uses #funny #humor #love #sex

We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#ancient #because #century #difficult #find

The glamorous life is a facade, a fraud a farce of frivolous trite The storybook is blank inside Chivalry has died ↗

— Donato DiCristino

#donato #heaven-and-hell #hollywood #limbo-bimbo #magical-prowess

There is confidence convergence when mental prowess and business aptitude mesh. ↗

— Lorii Myers

#prowess #attitude

Rule #1: Always test your sexual prowess on state workers first. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#sexual-prowess #funny

Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#courage #examines #film #force #heroism