Acme Of Skill Quotes & Sayings

And here is the sense of its existence: it is conscious of being superfluous. It dilutes, scatters itself, tries to lose itself on the brown wall, along the lamp post or down there in the evening mist. But it never forgets itself. That is its lot. — Jean-Paul Sartre

To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill — Sun Tzu

Six month of sitting home, six month of doing absolutely nothing but watching TV, going out, sleeping, getting drunk and sleeping again. Oh no, wait, I was busy with something, I was doing some renovations in my new apartment. Which legally became mine only a month ago. Yep, that's what all my life has been about, spontaneous decisions and living in the moment. Because right now technically I'm a 25-year-old illegal immigrant from Russia, four years in New York, no papers, no work authorization, no work itself. Only a crazy life filled with restaurants, shops, beauty salons, clubs and restaurants again. How is it all possible? Very simple. I used to be a stripper. — Ellie Midwood

To count a few gulls makes the journey happy.
In the reedy bend, under the willow bank,
My wife and children smile with me.
The moment I fall asleep, wind and waves are quiet;
No glory, no disgrace, and not a single worry. — Wu Cheng'en

Only a person of deep faith can afford the luxury of skepticism. — Friedrich Nietzsche

On a digital continuum, you'd have well-defined processes on one end and loosely defined practices on the other end. — Pearl Zhu

Winning isn't enough. The acme of all skill is to defeat your enemy before taking the field. — Sun Tzu

I'll accept being Phoebe to people for a while longer, given how much fun it was. That's totally fair. — Lisa Kudrow

The one thing I am most proud of myself is that I know how to keep my cool and not be intimidated - anyone can be beat. — Perdita Felicien

Feminism's agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to choose between public justice and private happiness. — Susan Faludi