Quotes About Expertise

Talent alone does not make someone an expert.

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

One of the things that is wrong with America is that everybody who has done anything at all in his own field is expected to be an authority on every subject under the sun.

They are equal in nature (that is, they are both boys). Yet they are separate persons. In most cases one will submit to the other's expertise, insight or perceived authority in the relationship. In this sense one might be described as subservient in duty to the other, at least in certain areas.

We yield our wills and our imaginations to "experts," both visible and invisible, and pretend that only the experts have god-given powers of perception. We forget the legitimacy of our own knowing.

He was accustomed to seeing without benefit of light, becoming, over the years, an expert of sorts. The years in prison had also boosted the acuity of his hearing such that he could almost hear someone thinking. You did both a lot in prison: listening and thinking.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

Know or listen to those who know.

I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you're quoted in the 'Wall Street Journal ' the 'New York Times ' constantly as the expert in the business people assume you're a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image.

There is no point in doing something unless you do it well.

And this guy called himself a safety professional? When was the last time HE read a Department of Motor Vehicles manual?

It is a feature of government that the more important the problem, the further it tends to be removed from handling by anyone well acquainted with the subject.

A fool will study for twenty or thirty years and learn how to do something, but a wise man will study for twenty or thirty minutes and become an expert. In this world, it isn't ability that counts, but authority.

Mums Augen waren trocken, wahrscheinlich weil sie sich für eine Expertin im Weinen hielt und keine Übung brauchte.

At one point, people are going to have to realize that maybe I know what I'm doing.

It's extremely instructive to realize that you cannot do everything. You need to delegate, to find experts, to consult with them. A big part of the job of directing is knowing when to take something on and when you shouldn't.

What people don't realize is that professionals are sensational because of the fundamentals.

I love horses, and when the SPCA tells me off I get real mad because I know more about horses than they do. They say you can't rear a horse up backwards, but I do it so they fall into foam rubber and don't get hurt at all.

I think it's reasonable: you can own your nerd credibility when you're an astronaut.

The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.

Before you can challenge a received narrative about the past, you should be expert in its established contours.

I received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, then graduated with a masters in nuclear engineering.

I hit the trifecta on 'Law & Order': I did the original recipe, extra crispy and the Colonel's special.

I've never taken a cooking class. I've never gone to a cooking show. I've never read a recipe in my life.