“If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.”
As quoted in Words from the Wise : Over 6,000 of the Smartest Things Ever Said (2007) by Rosemarie Jarski, p. 170
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Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel 1886–1973Related quotes
“Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.”
Source: Time Enough for Love
“Experts have
their expert fun
ex cathedra
telling one
just how nothing
can be done.”
Experts
Grooks
Source: The Design of Everyday Things (1988, 2002), Ch. 6, p. 156.
“Clarke's Fourth Law: For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.”
Profiles of the Future (1999, London: Victor Gollancz) p. 143
On Clarke's Laws
“It's a lie. I agree with the military experts who say it's a quagmire.”
On the Iraq War. Rebecca Traister. Enough with the vaginas! Salon, 15 September 2004 http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2004/09/15/ensler
Variant translations:
Trust one who has gone through it.
Believe one who has had experience.
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book XI, Line 283; cf. "experto crede".
Krait musing about fingerprints
Source: The Good Guy (2007), Chapter 21, p. 147