Quotes of Knack - somelinesforyou

“ A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. ”

- Larry Bird

“ All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have as an equal opportunity to develop our talents. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ Genius… means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an inhabitual way. ”

- William James

“ Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can. ”

- Owen Meredith

“ Love isn't an emotion or an instinct — it's an art. ”

- Mae West

“ We each after a while have to become reconciled to what it is that our talents and appetites lead us to. ”

- Tobias Wolff

“ We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want. ”

- Louisa May Alcott

“ People in their right minds never take pride in their talents. ”

- Harper Lee

“ Art is not a thing; it is a way. ”

- Elbert Hubbard

“ No work of art is worth the bones of a Pomeranian Grenadier. ”

- Unknown

“ Skill in the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively. ”

- Norman Allen

“ Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to "carry it off.". ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. ”

- Bible

“ There is no art without Eros. ”

- Max Frisch

“ I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs. ”

- Carl Andre

“ You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to talk about love. ”

- Jet Li

“ Talent does whatever it wants to do.... Genius does only what it can. ”

- Eugene Delacroix

“ There is an art, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. ”

- Douglas Adams

“ Art is always aimed (like a rifle, if you wish) at the middle class. The working class has its own culture and will have no truck with fanciness of any kind. The upper class owns the world and thus needs know no more about the world than is necessary for its orderly exploitation… ”

- Donald Barthelme

“ It is the acquisition of skills in particular, irrespective of their utility, that is potent in making life meaningful. Since man has no inborn skills, the survival of the species has depended on the ability to acquire and perfect skills. Hence the mastery of skills is a uniquely human activity and yields deep satisfaction. ”

- Eric Hoffer

“ Technology… the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it. ”

- Max Frisch

“ Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy. ”

- Isaac Newton

“ I am eternally grateful… for my knack of finding in great books, some of them very funny books, reason enough to feel honored to be alive, no matter what else might be going on. ”

- Kurt Vonnegut

“ Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them. ”

- J. K. Rowling

“ Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy. ”

- Howard W. Newton

“ Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. ”

- Josh Billings

“ Get the knack of getting people to help you and also pitch in yourself. ”

- Ruth Gordon

“ I want no men around me who have not the knack of making friends. ”

- Frank A. Vanderlip

“ The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are. ”

- Reggie Jackson

“ Stupidity has a knack of getting its way. ”

- Albert Camus
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