I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you're quoted in the 'Wall Street Journal,' the 'New York… — Barbara Corcoran Copy Share Image
A sports expert is the guy who writes the best alibis for being wrong — Jimmy Cannon Copy Share Image
Lobbyists really are experts in their fields and know what they are talking about. That's why the government always listens to them… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
...the geometrician teaches me how to work out the size of my estates rather than how to work out how much a… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Don't take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don't be overawed by what the experts say. Don't be afraid to trust… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
When a workman knows the use of his tools, he can make a door as well as a window. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Some day we'll awake, have a reformation of the heart, teach our kids honor and kill a few sex psychologists, put boys… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen… — Robert M. Hutchins Copy Share Image
With regard to nuclear weapons, it's kind of hard to say. [Donald Trump] is said lots of things. The national security experts… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter has filed papers to run for president. But in his official filing, he misspelled the word 'president.' Political… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
There are, however, exceptions to this reliance on feelings as evidence of truth: if, for instance, your feelings lead to disbelief instead… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
A blindfolded monkey throwing darts at a newspaper's financial pages could select a portfolio that would do just as well as one… — Burton Malkiel Copy Share Image
I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert - that this war is about what most wars are… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
As society becomes more complex and opaque, as social processes seem more impersonal and autonomous, and as elites of 'experts' become more… — George Will Copy Share Image
As a freelance writer, I'd be asked to become an expert for various magazines on any subject, whether food or wine or… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
You must have the confidence to override people with more credentials than you whose cognition is impaired by incentive-caused bias or some… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I should warn you, I’m an expert on vampires. I’ve seen every episode made of Buffy, Angel, and Forever Knight, so don’t… — Katie MacAlister Copy Share Image
Too often, the perspectives on housing come from journalists, politicians and property experts, with a focus on the extreme ends of the… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Expertise in one field does not carry over into other fields. But experts often think so. The narrower their field of knowledge… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
My advice for the next commander in chief: Listen to your military advisers. Listen to your generals. They are the experts. Even… — Ralph Abraham Copy Share Image
Our present addiction to pollsters and forecasters is a symptom of our chronic uncertainty about the future... We watch our experts read… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The people I go after are the false experts, those who do not accept the limits of their knowledge. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
