Quotes About Expertise

HIRE A MASTERBUILDER I sometimes say that this is my only heuristic because the masterbuilder—named after the skilled masons who built Europe's medieval cathedrals—possesses all the phronesis needed to make your project happen. You want someone with deep domain experience and a proven track record of success in whatever you're doing

I know what I don't know. To this day, I don't know technology, and I don't know finance or accounting.

Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.

The history of learning amounts to a history of specialization.

You have to know your subject," he said. "You have to know what cannot be forgotten.

She gave him a knowing smile and said pleasantly, "For all your legendary expertise, Mr. Le Veq, you know nothing about a woman like me, so, shall we return to the business at hand?" Archer got the distinct impression that he'd offended her. An offended whore?

skillful trade.

In terms of fast food and deep understanding of the culture of fast food, I'm your man.

I have great respect for directors who know what they're doing.

Sergeant Woods has no expertise as a hangman—indeed, he fabricated a prewar history as an executioner in order to get the job.

I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid.

Part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians, poets, and artists, and zoologists, and historians. They also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world. But if it hadn't been computer science, these people would have been doing amazing things in other fields.

If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin' chickens.

Somehow I wound up with the nickname 'Bitcoin Jesus,' so people expect me to know about everything everywhere.

There are certain actors you watch in a movie, and you think, 'Wow, that guy is very skilled.'

I have friends in other industries but if I am training for a wrestling match, I would turn to the best wrestler to train, not a football player.

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.

I think you get most of the most interesting work done in fields where people don't think they're doing art but are merely practicing a craft and working as good craftsmen. Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them.

There are Behan experts in international universities, but we seem to have forgotten him here in Ireland. He was an extraordinarily gifted writer. His poetry alone is outstanding.

As a food writer, it's my job to know each and every cuisine on this planet as well as I can.

Geeks run the world. Condoleezza Rice is a geek, Bill Gates is clearly a geek, many of the big filmmakers and writers are geeks, lots of military people are geeks. Anyone who has heard Donald Rumsfeld talk about military hardware knows they are in the presence of a geek.

I had neither expert aid nor advice. I studied no courses in writing; until a year or so ago, I never read a book by anybody advising writers how to write.

Obviously, a writer can't know everything about what she writes. It's impossible.