Quotes About Expertise

Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.

Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.

We professors play the roles of trainers, giving people access to the equipment (books, labs, our expertise) and after that, it is our job to be demanding. We need to make sure that our students are exerting themselves. We need to praise them when they deserve it and to tell them honestly when they have it in them to work harder. Most importantly, we need to let them know how to judge for themselves how they're coming along.

And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.

A scholar who thinks s/he knows everything is a false scholar.

I'm saying it to your face. Just because you can drive a car doesn't mean you can fix one. Eating ham ain't the same as raising a pig.

professionals who know what they are doing can "be counted on to follow a well-thought-out methodology

Tenure does not equal competence. Doing something for a long time does not mean doing it well.

At the end of the day, I know what my bread and butter is and how I can be effective.

By the time I was 17 years old, I already had my black belt.

I love making cakes, and I'm good at it.

I never shot much when I was a kid, but on the spotting scope, understanding the ballistics and the calculations, I'm a ten.

I know everything about candy. Would you believe I even know where to find gumballs in the middle of Africa?

I have the most respect for Zach Woodlee. He is one of my favorite - and one of the most capable - choreographers out there right now.

I always encourage people to go to a doctor, a doctor knows best in most cases.

People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.'

There are certain things you can't coach, you've got to watch a guy do it.

Chairman Greenspan is, of course, a master.

I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.

Not many managers have been in charge for as many games as I have, that should tell you something.

Science is basically an inoculation against charlatans.

You can't say Charles doesn't know what he's talking about.

Chef Michel Richard is always at the top of his game.

You're getting to know who the great chefs are through their books.