Quotes about Expertise

Books to judicious compilers, are useful; to particular arts and professions, they are absolutely necessary; to men of real science, they are tools: but more are tools to them.

The art of interpreting the scriptures is the only one of which all men everywhere claim to be masters.

It was not brilliant bull-fighting. It was only perfect bull-fighting.

When you try to exercise authority within a department that is outside your core competencies, you will hinder everything and everyone under your watch. If you fail to distinguish between authority and competence, you will exert your influence in ways that damage projects and people. To put it bluntly, there are things you are responsible for that you should keep your nose out of.

Every leader has authority over arenas in which he has little or no competence. When we exert our authority in an area where we lack competence, we can derail projects and demotivate those who have the skills we lack.

I don't care how many followers you have, but if you're executing amazing makeup, and you're working day to day in the makeup world and really changing the makeup world, to me that qualifies as a pro.

Of course, the medical profession doesn't like D.I.Y. anything.

I probably know everything there is to know about Disney.

Better to be a loving person without knowing how you got there, than an expert no one can stand to be around.

If a man love the labour of any trade apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.

But I wanted someone who was more than just intelligent and educated. I was searching for an expert who wouldn't gloss over nuances or blithely dismiss challenges to the records of Christianity

Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.