#skill

Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#average intelligence #car #driven #highly #intelligence

Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#creativity #idea #mystical #nurtured #practised

People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills. ↗

— Marvin Bower

#education #judged #nationality #people #performance

I'm concerned that my technical skills have advanced to the point where I can get closer to what I'm aiming for, which is not such a good thing. ↗

— David Byrne

#advanced #aiming #closer #concerned #get

The economy has become seriously unbalanced. Its growth has not been driven by investment or by overcoming Britain's long-standing weaknesses in investment and productivity, particularly skills. Instead, there has been a binge of debt-financed consumer spending. ↗

— Vince Cable

#been #binge #britain #consumer #driven

Like many highly educated people, I didn't have much in the way of actual skills. ↗

— J. Maarten Troost

#skills #education

The most complicated skill is to be simple. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #literature #literature-quotes #poetry #poetry-quotes

The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery. ↗

— Dave Barry

#basically #celery #democrats #demonstrated #management

To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#handle #kind #language #practice #skillfully

There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#business #customers #determine #even #example