Ernest Sosa Quotes
Lowered reliability obviously yields a lesser competence. But lowered breadth does so as well.
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Time narrows or expands according to how we approach it. It varies with a man’s breadth, with his heart.
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I've reached the age where competence is a turn-on.
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Competence doesn't seem like a big deal until you are forced to realize that your own government has none.
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I do not have the information - I do not have the competence - to ask the countries how they have handled these questions.
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Memory says, 'I did that.' Pride replies, 'I could not have done that.' Eventually, memory yields.
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A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless.
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If we conducted ourselves as sensibly in good times as we do in hard times, we could all acquire a competence.
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If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.
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The considerations upon which expectations of prospective yields are based are partly existing facts which we can assume to be known more or less for certain, and partly future events which can only be forecasted with more or less confidence.
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Competence is the enemy of change!
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Until we have established reliability there is no sense at all in wasting time trying to make the thing go faster.
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All the science of flying has been captured in the breadth of an instrument board, but not the religion of it.
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Without having these reliability problems we simply could go through the run plan every day as planned. We focussed on ourselves, not focussed on lap times and so on.
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The breadth of Zappa's catalog was unbelievable. He just thought out of the box. His music was different from what everyone else was doing in his day.
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I'm very always saddened by the fact that people aren't buying newspapers. They may be reading the news online, but the depth, width, breadth of what we really need to understand in the world, to be informed and engaged, I think that's sometimes challenged.
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The course of the SPD and its reliability is not so clear anymore.
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I do love competence in a man.
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we found that success correlates more closely with confidence than it does with competence. Yes, there is evidence that confidence is more important than ability when it comes to getting ahead. This came as particularly unsettling news to us, having spent our own lives striving toward competence.
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I don't like waiting in airports for my bags. Even worse, I don't like waiting in airports when my bags are lost.
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In all things, you need a good organization. You can have the best player in the world; if you do not have the best team, you will not win.
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Trust is a function of both character and competence. Of course you can't trust someone who lacks integrity, but if someone is honest but they can't perform, you're not going to trust them either. You won't trust them to get the job done.
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Lowered reliability obviously yields a lesser competence. But lowered breadth does so as well.
