Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack. Sun Tzu
The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man. Sun Tzu
A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war. Samuel Butler
You've got to do it all, the physical as well as the skilful. Jamie Redknapp
Well I don't feel sectarian against sparseness, although I sometimes get a little chippy about this. I resent the way that a certain notion of parsimony has become the norm for skilful literary writing. China Mieville