Quotes About Expertise

One thing I learnt was that you don't have to spend all day shooting: you can get it done in half an hour if you're that talented as a cameraman.

When you're talented, you're talented.

When I look for people to work with, I'm just looking for talented people.

If you ask me about Donna Lynne, she's one of the flat-out most talented people I've ever worked with, and I've worked with some pretty talented people.

Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of them had anywhere near the experience I had in hiring people, holding them accountable, creating systems for accountability.

Physicists and mathematicians regularly invade other fields but other fields do not invade theirs so we can see which fields are hardest for very talented people.

My talents do not lie in DIY.

Everybody has their job, their speciality and talents - I can play basketball but I need somebody to help me out with my financial situation.

The experts typically know where the other best-in-the-world talents are currently working and can help you recruit them in with a credible intro.

You've got to play to your players' talents.

Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.

I don't want to go on a talk show and talk about stuff I don't know about.

You just don't wake up one morning and say, 'I'm going to be a talker. I'm going to be a braggart.' It's something you achieve over the years, and you get better at it. Obviously, I've gotten pretty good at it.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it.

If you're talking about nuclear physics, I have to defer to the next guy. But if you're talking about football, I don't have to take a back seat to anyone.

I know what I'm talking about, so that when I say 'do something' I have the respect of the people doing it.

What do I know about college football? I look like Orville Redenbacher. I have no business talking about college football.

Maybe if you win a Nobel Prize in economics, you make a lot of money by giving talks... but not in my area.

Think about it: If you don't have any actual, tangible skills, then how can you do anything? You may be laughing and nodding, but do you realize how few people, when asked the basic question, 'What can you do?' stumble on the answer and have nothing to say? Most people.

Think tanks are chiefly supposed to provide independent expertise to policymakers. But they also seek to be politically relevant.

Beware of anyone who tells you a topic is above you or better left to experts. Many people are twice as smart as they think they are but they've been intimidated into believing some topics are above them. You can understand almost anything if it is explained well. " ~ "World War I - The Rest of the Story and How it Affects You Today

Some years ago I read a book that brought Einstein's theory of relativity down to an eighth grade level. This convinced me that any subject can be made easy. In other words, always beware of anyone who tells you a topic is above you or better left to experts. This person may, for some reason, be trying to shut you out. You CAN understand almost anything.

Most of my technical knowledge comes from having worked in the industrial video industry.