Incompetently Competent Quotes & Sayings

All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. — Aristotle.

If you take a look at history, you will find that the understanding of what is good and evil has always existed before the individual religions. The religions were only invented by people afterwards, in order to express this idea. — Salman Rushdie

Continue to learn with humility, not hubris. Hubris is boring. — Jimmy Iovine

Sometimes we have to bend," she says, "to survive. — Alexandra Bracken

The force of union conquers all. — Homer

I'm an actor, so I am always scared. You never know if you are on vacation or that you have been retired and they just didn't tell you. — Ted Danson

Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to make something of themselves in adulthood. — Janet Napolitano

It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess. — Garry Kasparov

Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal for some later date. — Richard Carlson

Somehow we human beings are never happier than when we are expressing the deepest gifts that are truly us. — Os Guinness

As a competitor, you have to learn pretty quickly how to deal with pressure. — Mitch Gaylord

I walked past several open doors and tried not to look into any, no matter what odd noises I heard. I didn't want to see anything. I already had too many bad visions stored in my "I wish I hadn't seen that" mental album. — Donna Augustine