Quotes about Expertise
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.
— Thomas Henry Huxley
In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them.
— Thomas Henry Huxley
The rule, acknowledged or not, seems to be that if we have great power we must use it. We would use a steam shovel to pick up a dime. We have experts who can prove there is no other way to do it.
— Wendell Berry
This would be a great time in the world for some man to come along that knew something.
— Will Rogers
The anateur works until they get something right. The professional works until they can't go wrong.
— Julie Andrews
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
— Napoleon Hill
What we make is more important than what we are, particularly if making is our profession.
— Dorothy Sayers
Cecily: Oh, yes. Dr. Chasuble is a most learned man. He has never written a single book, so you can imagine how much he knows.
— Oscar Wilde
The top experts in the world are ardent students. The day you stop learning, you're definitely not an expert.
— Brendon Burchard
We are going to make mistakes, but none of us can become an expert in family history work without first being a novice.
— Thomas Monson
To exaggerate a bit: academic theology today is composed of specialists in an unrespected discipline who write for fellow specialists about topics that interest hardly anyone else.
— Miroslav Volf
Knowing the rules of an art is not the same as having the habit.
— Mortimer Adler