H. L. Mencken Quotes

It's always cool to meet people who can do things that you have no capacity to do.

I think it now comes down to whether you have the skills or not.

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

It's a joy to listen to someone at the top of their craft.

Age is never a factor if talent is there.

You can't say that I don't have the skills. You can't say that. I have the skills.

Success is really about expertise.

Authority does not equal competency.

Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

Every man loves what he is good at.

Technique is noticed most markedly in the case of those who have not mastered it.

I am certainly not the most talented player in the world; there's many a more talented player than me.

If you're lucky as you get older, you respect the craft and it becomes a skill.

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.

Confidence comes from knowing what you're doing. If you are prepared for something, you usually do it. If not, you usually fall flat on your face.

Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.

Age is irrelevant. Experience is relevant.

I think the ultimate compliment that someone can give you is that you're a technician.

Where a new guy may only know one or two ways to do something, I know all of the moves, and I've forgotten more stuff than the newer guys might even know.

I think the older we get, the better we perform.

You can never be too skilful.

Creativity is not a substitute for competence.

To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.