Technical Competence Quotes

#1. If we think of the novel and the epic ... The difference lies in the fact that the important thing about the epic is a hero
a man who is a pattern for all men. While, as Mencken pointed out, the essence of most novels lies in the breaking down of a man, in the degeneration of character.

Jorge Luis Borges

#2. You can lose money and make it back, you can't do that with time.

Tim Ferriss

#3. I know it's hard to blame the time, but there's a bit of an expectation for a summer movie. I think that 'Superman Returns' was a bit nostalgic and romantic, and I don't think that was what people were expecting, especially in the summer.

Bryan Singer

#4. To address questions of scientific responsibility does not necessarily imply that one needs technical competence in a particular field (e.g. biology) to evaluate certain technical matters.

Serge Lang

#5. Good sex isn't complete without cuddling and aftercare.

Women instinctively know this. Men, if they're smart, figure it out.

Nikki Sex

#6. Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical competence.

Niklaus Wirth

#7. No amount of technical knowledge and competence is, of itself, sufficient to make a craftperson into an artist. That requires caring - passionate caring about ultimate things.

Freeman Patterson

#8. Ella held herself rigidly against all emotion until she arrived at the dark haven of her room. Then she threw herself across her bed and cried because life was such a tragic thing.

Bess Streeter Aldrich

#9. Death almost always rearranges life, sometimes for the worse, many times for the better,

Tiffany Baker

#10. I hate dentists. That's why my tooth fell out. I was in the middle of a root canal and wouldn't go back, so it just dropped out when I was in the middle of Fifth Avenue. I had to do the Calvin Klein show without the tooth.

Kate Moss

#11. I think it's really important for real artists to make sure they're honest.

Pixie Lott

#12. Our all-volunteer force continues to prove itself with a great level of professionalism, personal commitment and a technical competence that is quite remarkable.

Geoff Davis

#13. The real problem in Greece is not cutting taxes, it's making sure that we don't have tax evasion.

George Papandreou

#14. I peered at his writing, but I could make nothing of it.
Then I saw why, and my soul chilled like marble.
His writing was running left to right. Not the words in reverse order, but the letter themselves. All of it. It was mirror writing- to be read by the Devil.

Theresa Breslin

#15. They have never heard of Lindsay Lohan. They are blessed.

Firoozeh Dumas

#16. There's likely a place in paradise for people who tried hard, but what really matters is succeeding. If that requires you to change, that's your mission.

Stanley McChrystal

#17. Art happens. It happens when you have the craft and the vocation and are waiting for something else, something extra, or maybe not waiting; in any case it happens. It's the extra rabbit coming out of the hat, the one you didn't put there.

Margaret Atwood

#18. Hug is a holy kiss.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#19. I kind of thought, wouldn't it be funny to take a swing at being on the weird side of mainstream?

John Mulaney