"To be a better cook, cook more. To be a better writer, read more."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Skill, Wisdom, Truth, Life, Inspirational

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"Tengo had a gift for such work. He was a born technician, possessing both the intense concentration of a bird sailing through the air in search of prey and the patience of a donkey hauling water, playing always by the rules of the game."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Skill, Concentration, Patience, Focus

"It takes no more actual sagacity to carry on the everyday hawking and haggling of the world or to ladle out its normal doses of bad medicine and worse law than it takes to operate a taxi cab or fry a pan of fish."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Skill, Work, Observation, Knowledge

"Utilize your special skills to begin your own work."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Skill, Skills, Begin, Work

"Not many abilities are inherent. Most are acquired through patient practice, and those that are inherent are enhanced and utilized through practice too."

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe, Swedish Businessman

Skill, Ability, Practice, Learning

"The test of our knowledge is not what we know, but what we can do."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Skill, Knowledge, Action, Test

"If a craftsman wants to do good work, he must first sharpen his tools."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

Skill, Preparation, Work, Quality

"You only need enough experience to master the art."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Skill, Experience, Master, Art

"The infinitude of Jiu Jitsu allows for the infinitude of the types of practitioners. There exists a game for each and every one of us which is specifically possible within the confines of our particular skill set."

Chris Matakas, Australian Motivational Speaker

Skill, Practice, Individual, Perfection

"Your expertise elevates your impressions to an entirely new realm. When you have paid the price, earned the right, and done the homework to be called an expert, people will be impressed."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Skill, Expertise, Power, Success, Truth

"You can read in the space of a coffin, and you can write in the space of a toolshed meant for mowers and spades."

Annie Dillard, American Author

Skill, Focus, Constraint, Observation, Creativity

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"There is nothing inherently painful about being cheated on."

Emotion

"Most parents are not really 'supportive' because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they 'support' their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid appearing to have bred a failure, or, failures - in the eyes of their peers and/or neighbours."

Parenting

"AIDS would have claimed fewer lives if we had publicly recommended what I wish to call 'The Presumption of Sickness,' i.e., the principle that whomever we are about to sleep with is HIV-positive until proven HIV-negative."

Health

"When a man's girlfriend's parents ask him what it is that he does for a living: they're not really concerned about him, they're concerned about their daughter's tummy."

Society

"A newspaper is an oversized book with adverts and an expiry date."

Media

"Thanks to the internet, you can provoke thoughts of those in mansions, from the uncomfortableness of your shack."

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"Tengo had a gift for such work. He was a born technician, possessing both the intense concentration of a bird sailing through the air in search of prey and the patience of a donkey hauling water, playing always by the rules of the game."

"It takes no more actual sagacity to carry on the everyday hawking and haggling of the world or to ladle out its normal doses of bad medicine and worse law than it takes to operate a taxi cab or fry a pan of fish."

"Utilize your special skills to begin your own work."

"Not many abilities are inherent. Most are acquired through patient practice, and those that are inherent are enhanced and utilized through practice too."

"The test of our knowledge is not what we know, but what we can do."

"If a craftsman wants to do good work, he must first sharpen his tools."

"You only need enough experience to master the art."

"The infinitude of Jiu Jitsu allows for the infinitude of the types of practitioners. There exists a game for each and every one of us which is specifically possible within the confines of our particular skill set."

"Your expertise elevates your impressions to an entirely new realm. When you have paid the price, earned the right, and done the homework to be called an expert, people will be impressed."

"You can read in the space of a coffin, and you can write in the space of a toolshed meant for mowers and spades."

Explore more quotes by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

"There is nothing inherently painful about being cheated on."

"Most parents are not really 'supportive' because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they 'support' their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid appearing to have bred a failure, or, failures - in the eyes of their peers and/or neighbours."

"Patriotism is the narcissism of countries."

"Retro is a symptom of a generation that is too lazy to innovate."

"A tie is what you get after ice cubes have wrestled with hot water."

"You can only be twice someone's age once."

"AIDS would have claimed fewer lives if we had publicly recommended what I wish to call 'The Presumption of Sickness,' i.e., the principle that whomever we are about to sleep with is HIV-positive until proven HIV-negative."

"When a man's girlfriend's parents ask him what it is that he does for a living: they're not really concerned about him, they're concerned about their daughter's tummy."

"A newspaper is an oversized book with adverts and an expiry date."

"Thanks to the internet, you can provoke thoughts of those in mansions, from the uncomfortableness of your shack."