Quotes About Expertise

Jet lag is for amateurs.

A beaver does not, as legend would have it, know which direction the tree will fall when he cuts it, but counts on alacrity to make up for lack of engineering expertise.

You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.

I think all record companies should be run by a musician. Just as you wouldn't trust your health to an electrician.

Ingredients to success: know what you do well, know what to do well, and know someone who's swell.

Trust me, I know what I'm doing.

I have learned to have more trust in the scientist than he does in himself.

Don't learn the tricks of the trade. Learn the trade.

Don't learn the tricks of the trade. Learn the trade.

I have earned the title of expert, it is only on what was. There is no expert on what will be. And yet, without knowing the future, I remain a man full of hope.

Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.

Be humble: "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

Why should I waste my time going to college and teaching those goddam professors what I know?

Sometimes amateurs believe they are professionals, but professionals never believe they are amateurs.

You were lookin' at me like you wanted to kiss me." I force a laugh. "Yeah, right," I say sarcastically. "Nobody's watchin' if you want to, you know, try it. Not to brag, but I'm somewhat of an expert.

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.

I have a job that I truly love, and an enormous crew of people that can do things better than I can!

Skill makes love unending.

A critic is a virgin who would teach Don Juan how to make love.

Every day, we get a little bit closer to the kind of expertise and the kind of experience we're going to need to go there. I'd love to be the guy walking on Mars.

Geeks are people who love something so much that all the details matter.

When you love something, you're gonna be the best at it.