#skills | Page 27 of 314

Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language skills could simply mean that and that the same genes that make parents talkative make children articulate. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#children #could #environment #fact #genes

We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, 'You can't come in unless you have these skills, unless you've taken these courses.' We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#century #come #courses #did #down

I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar. ↗

— Patti Smith

#guitar #i #i can #intuitive #musician

Well, I'm an artist to the core. And my objective has always been to use my talents and my skills to elevate humanity through my art. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#art #artist #been #core #elevate

As a measure of acting skills, film can be very deceptive. ↗

— Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

#deceptive #film #measure #skills #very

Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didn't have any skills for writing as such, so it came out in 1500 words. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#came #courage #facts #found #had

Comedy takes a very specific technique, specific skills. ↗

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

#skills #specific #takes #technique #very

Customer conversion is dependent on the right customer conversation ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#buying-and-selling #conversations #customer-service #customers #enterprise

When you have the courage to follow your talents into the dark unknown places they lead, often God will send angels to light your way. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#confidence #skills #talents #courage

Much of education today focuses on obedience skills rather than critical thinking skills. ↗