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Competence Quotes

"People are naturally more superficial with attractive people. In terms of impressions, there's a trade-off between competence and looks. We can't help making snap judgments, and beautiful people may have a hard time being seen as competent"

"We should spend less time ranking children and more time helping them to identify their natural competencies and gifts and cultivate those"

"Know what you are talking about"

"If you have to speculate to make money, then you ought to just let someone else do it for you who is more competent."

"A good player is always lucky if he does not play too badly"

"The worst enemy is a boss with a title and no knowledge"

"It is the duty of every man to render to the country the services he is competent to perform"

"The future belongs to the competent. Get good, get better, be the best."

"Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it."

"In the societal arena, one who has skills and use them intelligently is more likely to be chosen than one who has none and can envision none."

"Power is competence"

"An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject, and how to avoid them"