Proficient Quotations

I was never attracted to being a very proficient singer or player. I suppose I was interested in creating a vision; in the same way I was very drawn to tension within cinema.

If we wish our state's growth to continue, then our future will increasingly be with industries that require a highly skilled and technically proficient workforce.

Yes, a black belt should be able to execute precise, effective, beautiful, and technically proficient martial arts techniques, whatever the style. But just as importantly, a black belt should be able to execute precise and beautiful ideas, equal to or better than their physical techniques. A black belt should have an attitude equal in its brilliance to his or her physical skills.

There are more and more individuals entering the work force who may not be proficient in English. As they increase in the work force, we sometimes see the rise of workplace policies that might interfere with their ability to maintain their jobs.

New construction in China is just booming. They (developers) are all along the major coastal cities and they're really proficient at it. But they want to understand how to look like, act like, and perform like U.S. production builders but retain all the Chinese cultural aspects.

I wish I could have a game like that every game, I would end up with like 50 sacks, but teams scheme against you and sometimes you won't be as proficient as you were in a certain game. It just depends on the team playing against you and its personnel.

If a student gets his or her carpenter's license or cosmetology license, the state would consider them proficient with their trade.

We think he's a perfect fit for our system. He's long, he's athletic, he's versatile and he's become a very proficient long-range shooter.

He's gotten a lot more proficient picking apart the defense when it comes to the passing game, ... besides the incredible athleticism.

We have to become more proficient ball-handlers. They're learning from their mistakes.

It is actually a balanced offense over there. Everyone talks about that they throw the ball with all the receivers they have, but they are just as proficient running the ball than they are passing.

I was not proficient in Latin and so was not able to go to Oxford or Cambridge. However, I did enter the first-rate chemistry honours program at the University of Manchester in 1950, where the professors were E.R.H. Jones and M.G. Evans, and graduated in 1953, with the financial support of a Blackpool Education Committee Scholarship.

We are the experts. That's what people want when they are going to invest in a top-quality piece of exercise equipment. They want the assistance of someone who is proficient in the fitness and exercise industry, not just some sales guy.

We believe Devin would be better served by staying in school and finishing his degree and becoming more proficient as a football player. But we respect his decision.

We started with the basics of kicking and punching, then we moved on once we got proficient in that, we moved on to working with the weapons, and from then on working with the wires.

The fact that 42 percent of Kansas students are not proficient is a concern.

We saw how if you put in the effort and become proficient in your sport, you can become like Thomas Jefferson. They are the best team we have played this year. They are the best team in the state. They are one of the top three in Class 1 and Class 2.

We are so close to putting it all together and I still believe in the talent on this team and our ability to get it done against anyone. We have all the components but really need to start playing smarter, understanding certain situations better and becoming more proficient at playing to our strengths.

While the medical community is very proficient at treating complex illnesses like heart disease, there still remain disparities in the delivery of that care that needs to be addressed.

What appealed to me was that here was this man who, on the one hand, liked to sing and entertain in local pubs, but who was also the most proficient killing machine of the last century. I was drawn to the incongruity of it.

Feeling so rush to be proficient is a common temptation for newbies.

The system -- the American one, at least -- is a vast and noble experiment. It has been polestar and exemplar for other nations. But from kindergarten until she graduates from college the girl is treated in it exactly like her brothers. She studies the same subjects, becomes proficient at the same sports. Oh, it is a magnificent lore she learns, education for the mind beyond anything Jane Austen or Saint Theresa or even Mrs. Pankhurst ever dreamed. It is truly Utopian. But Utopia was never meant to exist on this disheveled planet.

Ryan is a very hard tackler, and he comes with a great soccer pedigree. Josh has been a three-sport athlete and I think he's really going to excel in college as he focuses on soccer. Collin loves to get forward and is a very proficient passer. Tracy is an explosive player who is extremely tricky on the ball.

Schools of journalism at exemplary American research universities, where the academic disciplines still coexist, are positioned to draw upon the full intellectual and educational resources of the university environment to help produce the skilled, responsible, expert, knowledgeable and highly proficient journalism leaders that our society-indeed the world-has need of, especially in these complex and challenging times, ... Our democracy depends on journalism to keep its institutions challenged and responsive to the public's needs, and the quality of the profession demands the best a university can offer.

QuickBooks has become the standard in the business world. When mastered, this software proves to be incredibly beneficial. Not only do we conduct bookkeeping with QuickBooks, we also teach businesses how to become more proficient with it.

Prior to setting sail, I'd taken survival courses and become proficient with firearms. Knowing I could take care of myself really changed me.

Anyone can curl, but if you want to become more proficient at it, it takes practice. You have to work on consistency and your communication.

They were enjoying a family vacation, ... He was a very proficient skier. He skied frequently with his family and, yes, he was an athletic guy -- he skied and played tennis.

They're having trouble placing the girls in school because they're not proficient in Spanish.

The research team was surprised to find out more than 50 percent of four-year students were not in the proficient category and 75 percent of the two-year students were not. The proficient category does involve some of the more complex literacy tasks, but some that we would expect them to do.

The more proficient you are with Microsoft Office, the more you'll be annoyed.

I told him to give it a try, and he cleared it on his first try. He had never done it before, honest to God. Probably anything he picked up, he would be proficient at.

It's all too easy to succumb to peer pressure if you're with more proficient skiers and they try to tempt you off-piste. But insurers are entitled to reject a claim if you knowingly ski off-piste when the policy doesn't allow it.

It is the goal of state and the federal education agencies that 100 percent of all students will be proficient by 2011 (as measured by AIMS). Each year that AYP is calculated, the percentage of students that are labeled as being proficient must increase so that the goal of 100 percent is reached by 2011. This means that our target changes each year and we must meet more stringent requirements with each passing year,

It's definitely a way to reclaim some market share, but how do you get a kid to want it? Kids are more proficient with technology than Mom and Dad. The traditional barrier to what made something a toy has really dissolved... why shouldn't they have the real thing?

It needs to be addressed. It was an oversight and is correctable. It's not about how proficient our students are, it's what students know in relation to the standards. The test scores are a single snapshot on a single day of testing.

They work both on and off lead, with a lot of repetitive commands, ... You have to teach them what to look for, and how to distinguish the scent they must follow from the other scents they will come across. You have to do it every day. You learn how to read your dogs signals, because each dog is different, and as you become more familiar with your dog you become more proficient at the process.

I personally am not that proficient with computers. I thought it would be better to get somebody who really knows what they're doing.

He's much more consistent with his 3's now. He was never bad in the past, but now it's a surprise to us all when he misses. You can't close out on him as hard, he's proficient at squaring up, taking a dribble and firing.

These guys actually have some degree of sophistication as far as practicing their trade. They are becoming proficient in the use of their weapons.

Alex has taken control in the back, and he's really going to be a mainstay. Matt is a technically sound player that stays calm under pressure. Mason is a very clever, technical player who is extremely proficient with the ball.

You were very proficient at looking him (Lay) right straight in the face and telling you were loyal and he could count on you, but you knew in your heart you were stealing from the house. You were successful in your lying and your deceit from 1997 all the way up to 2001, weren't you sir?