Practical Skills Quotes:

Now that practical skills have developed enough to provide adequately for material needs, one of these sciences which are not devoted to utilitarian ends [mathematics] has been able to arise in Egypt, the priestly caste there having the leisure necessary for disinterested research.

- Aristotle

topic: Castes, Utilitarian, Practical Skills

The key to maintaining your inspiration in the day-to-day work of meditation practice is to approach it as play—a happy opportunity to master practical skills, to raise questions, experiment, and explore.

- Thanissaro Bhikkhu

topic: Inspiration, Opportunity, Practice, Raises Questions, Practice Makes Perfect

In determing "the right people," the good-to-great companies placed greater weight on character attributes than on specific educational background, practical skills, specialized knowledge, or work experience.

- James C. Collins

topic: Educational, Character, Skills, Great Company, Educational Background

Solving problems is a practical skill like, let us say, swimming. We acquire any practical skill by imitation and practice. Trying to swim, you imitate what other people do with their hands and feet to keep their heads above water, and, finally, you learn to swim by practicing swimming. Trying to solve problems, you have to observe and to imitate what other people do when solving problems, and, finally, you learn to do problems by doing them.

- George Polya

topic: Education, Swimming, Hands, Practical Skills

Nonviolent Communication is a powerful tool for peace and partnership. It shows us how to listen empathically and also communicate our authentic feelings and needs. Marshall Rosenberg has a genius for developing and teaching practical skills urgently needed for a less violent, more caring world.

- Riane Eisler

topic: Powerful, Communication, Teaching, Nonviolent Communication, Practical Skills

Who cared whether you could change motor oil when you could snap a rottweiler’s neck in 2.8 seconds? Now there was a practical skill.

- Kelley Armstrong

source: Kelley Armstrong (2009). “Stolen”, p.399, Vintage Canada

topic: Skills, Oil, Necks, Rottweilers, Motor Oil

If I had to sum up my practical skills, I would use one word: survival. And operating a hedge fund utilized my training in survival to the fullest.

- George Soros

topic: Skills, Survival, Training, Practical Skills, Hedge Fund

One of my first experiences with the space program was with the memorial that was built for the Challenger. When I was in 7th grade my entire class spent the entire school year preparing to launch a spaceship all together. We all had our different jobs that we had to learn how to do, we learned the math that you needed, we learned the practical skills that you needed, and I thought that was really cool. So I think that if you can take a tragedy and find the gold in it and turn it into something positive, that's great.

- Jonathan Nolan

topic: Jobs, School, Math, Practical Skills, School Years