“Experts have
their expert fun
ex cathedra
telling one
just how nothing
can be done.”
Piet Hein (1905–1996) Danish puzzle designer, mathematician, author, poet
Experts
Grooks
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“Experts have
their expert fun
ex cathedra
telling one
just how nothing
can be done.”
Piet Hein (1905–1996) Danish puzzle designer, mathematician, author, poet
Experts
Grooks
John Allen Paulos book A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
Source: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995), Chapter 9, “Fraud Alleged in Pennsylvania Senate Race” (p. 45)
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982) a member of the British royal family
On the engagement ring he gave to Kate Middleton, which had been his mother's engagement ring.
First post-engagement interview (2010)
“In science… the ultimate judges are not experts but experiments.”
Frank Wilczek (1951) physicist
Source: Longing for the Harmonies: Themes and Variations from Modern Physics (1987), Ch.13 Light as Lumps
“I was the only calm one in the house. You see I’ve been shot at by experts.”
Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
Comment on his World War I experience after an assassination attempt on (1 November 1950) as quoted in Bess W. Truman (1986) by Margaret Truman
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
Conversation with Theodore C. Sorensen concerning the Bay of Pigs Invasion; as quoted in Sorensen's Kennedy (1965), p. 309.
Attributed
“For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.”
Jasper Fforde book One of Our Thursdays Is Missing
Source: One of Our Thursdays Is Missing
“If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.”
David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel
As quoted in Words from the Wise : Over 6,000 of the Smartest Things Ever Said (2007) by Rosemarie Jarski, p. 170