Quotes About Expertise

That is the way with wise people—they are so wise and practical that they always know to a dot just why something cannot be done; they always know the limitations. That is why I never employ an expert in full bloom. If ever I wanted to kill opposition by unfair means I would endow the opposition with experts. They would have so much good advice that I could be sure they would do little work.

The problem with wise people. They always know what is wrong. So I never employ an expert in full bloom.

The moment one gets into the "expert" state of mind a great number of things become impossible. I refuse to recognize that there are impossibilities. I cannot discover that any one knows enough about anything on this earth definitely to say what is and what is not possible.

To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success.

There are two kinds of people who lose money: those who know nothing and those who know everything

To the man with a hammer, it is said, all things look like nails. When brain surgeons look at brain scans they see things that they think require surgery and I am, alas, no exception.

We have great managers who haven't spent a day in management school. Do we have great surgeons that haven't spent a day in surgical school?

Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet

You can get away with a lot of shit if it looks like it`s all you know how to do.

Every man should kno sumthing ov law--if he knows enuff tew keep out ov it, he iz a prety good lawyer.

It all depends with how much judgment and knowledge the thing's done.

Murray observes further that we have entered a peculiar age, an age in which physicians and lawyers are more plentiful than good plumbers.

In order to be a world-class expert in anything, be it audiology, drama, music, art, gymnastics, whatever, one needs to have a minimum of 10,000 hours of practice. Unfortunately, it doesn't mean that if you put in 10,000 hours that you will become an expert, but there aren't any cases where someone has achieved world-class mastery without it! So the time spent at the activity is indeed the most important and influential factor.

It's one thing to have talent. It's another to figure out how to use it.

My advantage is my skill so I have to use it.

I know a lot about a few things - mostly useless things.

The whole concept of data science is that the software becomes the expert, and you, as the average user, are able to understand what's going on.

I'm not a good katana user, bo staff user.

Lawyers and other professionals are using Quora to build their reputation and build their bonafides.

We're talking about people who've already got 3-4, if not 5-6 years' experience or more, and it's about trying to help professionals develop, using us as a resource for that development.

Anyone who acquires more than the usual amount of knowledge concerning a subject is bound to leave it as his contribution to the knowledge of the world.

It really helps if you know your subject matter immediately. I find that enormously useful because then you can concentrate on all the usual novelistic things - the character, the plot and so forth - and you don't have to spend an enormous amount of time learning another trade, essentially.

In my life, I'm an expert on a few things. Losing close elections is one of them. Electric utility regulation is another. Neither is a barrel of laughs, but both have their moments.

I would say that I am a professional who always gives his utmost to be the best in what he does.