Quotes about Expertise

99.5 percent of the people that walk around and say they are a social media expert or guru are clowns. We are going to live through a devastating social media bubble.

The skill to do comes of doing.

Our view of human problems determines who is qualified to speak to them. If sin is the primary human problem, then those with the theological and practical expertise in dealing with sin — in its varied and complex forms — should lead the way in the field of people-helping. Unless we have an accurate and robust conception of sin, the church will concede much of its work to outside professional and will be ill-equipped to cooperate with them when needed.

The professional interpreter is a minor miracle—far better

There is always a best way of doing everything, if it be to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways of doing things.

The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

Let a man practise the profession he best knows. [Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.]

Poets like Shakespeare know more about poetry than any $25 an hour man.

Clarity breeds mastery.

Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can.

Skill to do comes of doing.