John Abizaid Quotes

You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

If I have the choice between experience and talent, I'm taking talent every time.

I think I have a lot to offer.

A 'competence' that has no defined borders cannot be called a true competence.

Talent (a natural way of thinking, feeling, or behaving) × Investment (time spent practicing, developing your skills, and building your knowledge base) = Strength (the ability to consistently provide near-perfect performance)

The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology.

Being in New York and having worked at Time Out New York and then being at Time, living in New York for a long time has helped because I know everybody. And they're the people who call me and give me jobs. So that kind of real networking, which is just living in a place and having jobs where people around you are extremely successful, has helped me tremendously.

Hillary Clinton has a vision, she has knowledge and judgment. She is a strategic thinker, based on her experience and her connection.

Of all the human qualities, the one I admire the most is competence. A tailor who is really able to cut and fit a coat seems to me an admirable man, and by the same token a university professor who knows little or nothing of the thing he presumes to teach seems to me to be a fraud and a rascal.

Competence was attractive.

Crocodiles. I’ve been catching them since I was nine. No problem.

Nothing's dangerous if you know what you're doing.

Do the thing you're good at. Not many people are lucky enough to be so good at something.

The best pilots fly more than the others; that's why they're the best.

The cool thing about playing is that the more you do it, the better you get.

Authority does not equal competency.

Once you have mastered a technique, you barely have to look at a recipe again

It is all in the way of professional experience.

Are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced?

If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.

Not all who own a harp are harpers.

The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It does not belong to the well meaning.

One rarely does well what one rarely does.

There are many skillful apprentices, but few master workmen.