Quotes about Expertise
To say a compliment well is a high art and few possess it.
- Mark Twain
No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.
- Cicero
Becoming a superstar takes about 10,000 hours of hard work.
- Seth Godin
To become an academic expert takes years of studying. Academic experts are experts in how and what others have done. They use case studies and observation to understand a subject.
- Simon Sinek
Academic experts may not be good at doing what they are experts in themselves, but they are good at explaining the subject matter to others. They write books, teach courses and offer lessons and give steps others can follow.
- Simon Sinek
The Devil, it is true, is not exactly a doctor who has taken degrees, but he is very learned, very expert for all that. He has not been carrying on his business during thousands of years for nothing.
- Martin Luther
A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.
- Abraham Lincoln
If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.
- Vincent Van Gogh
If you think you're a really good programmer... read Knuth's Art of Computer Programming... You should definitely send me a resume if you can read the whole thing.
- Bill Gates
There is nothing that saps one's confidence as the knowing how to do a thing
- Mark Twain
There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.
- Aldous Huxley
A winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others. A loser wants to be considered an expert by others before he has learned enough to know how little he knows.
- John Maxwell