Quotes Tagged "knack"

Success has a knack of making one complacent, but failure can keep one rooted firmly on the ground.

Authenticity and respect go to those who stick to their own specific field of work. For example, I am a Biologist and my work is the understanding of human nature - that's where I place all my attention. I know nothing revelatory about modern physics - I know nothing revelatory about mathematics - I know nothing revelatory about architecture - I know nothing revelatory about any field of understanding except for the ones directly related to biology. It doesn't mean that I cannot learn about other fields - I can, but every human has his or her own distinct knack, and mine is understanding humans - understanding how and why they think, what they think - how and why they feel, what they feel - how and why they behave, the way they behave - how and why they perceive, what they perceive.

Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.

Technology... the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.

Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.

I have the knack of easing scruples.

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

Basically, I'm a people pleaser who has a knack for disappointing.