Quotes About Expertise

I remembered my father used to tell me that whatever you choose to do, be a professional.

Eventually, I became a certified substance-abuse counselor.

A genius in the wrong position could look like a fool.

Talent is the presence of ability and absence of understanding about the source and operation of knowledge.

It is the goldsmith who can assay the gold.

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza Intellectual: One who knows no craft.

Es el orfebre quien puede evaluar el oro.

Definiciones de Mulla Do-Piaza Intelectual: alguien que no conoce oficio.

Are you ignorant enough to expect horsemanship from blacksmiths?

Cuando el Hombre Superior hace algo digno de admiración, es una prueba de su Maestría, no el objeto de ella.

As with any other specialisation, teaching is a vocation, open only to those who are truly capable of discharging its functions.

Nihilism is best done by professionals.

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

During my career I've worked with intelligence agencies and experts of every kind, from a young lieutenant, battalion-level intelligence officer to all sixteen branches of the U.S. intelligence community. With rare exceptions, intelligence analysts do all they can to give you the information and facts you need to understand the enemy and the situation and come up with the best decision.

You can do everything, but you can't do everything well.

It was a revelation as important as any other in its way – that expert men love their subject. Show them interest, show them fascination, and they see themselves reflected – and then they will move the world for you. The

The most dangerous people in the world are those with a grain of knowledge who promote themselves as authorities or authority figures. They only proceed to give half truthful, half right answers and in the end we all lose because of them.

Look, there is nothing you can say about this show that I don't already know

When you become sufficiently expert in the state of the art, you stop picking ideas at random. You are thoughtful in how to select ideas and how to combine ideas. You are thoughtful about when you should be generating many ideas versus pruning down ideas.

I'm a vet. I know the game and know how to play the game.

As an actor, you blindly put your trust in experts - and if they tell you something's safe, you don't fully vet it yourself. If you're young and inexperienced, that's just what you're taught to do.

Barnett is a veteran of the game, but at the same time, I've been fighting guys with a lot of experience my entire career.

The big element I think that I bring is that I am a veteran coach.

It would be sad if the expertise built up during the 40 years of the U.S. and Russian manned programmes were allowed to dissipate. But abandoning the shuttle, and committing to new launch vehicles and propulsion systems, is actually a prerequisite for a vibrant manned programme.