Competence Evaluation Quotes

Whether somebody is really competent - whether he has a good hockey mind, whether he's a good person to lead a hockey club - is something determined over a long period of time, not one tournament.

People wonder whether I got my presenting job as a result of my own abilities or because of Gordon, which is a little unfair.

There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and good for little, Philip said, "Either is both, and Both is neither.

The crown could go to a person with the most talent. But how could ‘most talent’ be determined? So Indian society settled on age.

If you have competence, you know the edge. It wouldnt be a competence if you didnt know where the boundaries lie. Asking whether youve passed the boundary is a question that almost answers itself.

I certainly have been dissatisfied with the slowness of Buell and McClellan; but before I relieved them I had great fears I should not find successors to them, who would do better...

A nominee [to Supreme Court] must possess the competence, character and temperament to serve on the bench.

As a manager, if I saw a female on the line for my match, that would not worry me in the slightest. To get to that level, it means they are deemed to be good enough.

I don't want to build a reputation for just being able to take long throws.

I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tighrope dancer so that no incompetent would dare step upon it.

There is hardly a more common error than that of taking the man who has one talent, for a genius.