
Source: https://www.peruinforma.com/entrevista-cultural-al-escritor-chileno-jose-baroja/
A collection of quotes on the topic of expert, use, doing, people.
Source: https://www.peruinforma.com/entrevista-cultural-al-escritor-chileno-jose-baroja/
Source: Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism (1917), Chapter Six
As quoted by Edward Teller, in Dr. Edward Teller's Magnificent Obsession by Robert Coughlan, in LIFE magazine (6 September 1954), p. 62 http://books.google.de/books?id=I1QEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62
As quoted by Edward Teller (10 October 1972), and A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (1991) by Alan L. Mackay, p. 35
Variant: An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.
pbuh
In Most Common Questions Asked by the non-Muslims https://www.amazon.com/Most-Common-Questions-Asked-Muslims/dp/9675699299 p: 43
“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few.”
Prologue
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (1973)
Variant: In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few
Source: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
“Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.”
A Fresh Look at Empiricism: 1927-42 (1996), p. 281
Attributed from posthumous publications
“Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.”
Source: Time Enough for Love
Presidential Address to the First Indian Statistical Congress, 1938. Sankhya 4, 14-17.
1930s
The New York Times (26 November 1978)
About being on the other side of the camera, in Davidtennant.com exclusive interview (February 2007)
"The Paradox of Our Age"; these statements were used in World Wide Web hoaxes which attributed them to various authors including George Carlin, a teen who had witnessed the Columbine High School massacre, the Dalai Lama and Anonymous; they are quoted in "The Paradox of Our Time" at Snopes.com http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/paradox.asp
Words Aptly Spoken (1995)
Floor Statement on Iraq War De-escalation Act of 2007 (30 January 2007)
2007
Source: Object Solutions: Managing the Object-Oriented Project. (1996), p. 39; as cited in: Journal of Database Management. Vol 10-11. p. 33
"The Day They Signed the Treaty" (1979), p. 224
It All Adds Up (1994)
http://books.google.com/books?id=XFmDIpxyI_sC&q=%22It+all+began+I+said+when+I+decided+that+some+experts+don't+really+know+enough+to+make+a+pronouncement+of+doom+on+a+human+being+And+I+said+I+hoped+they+would+be+careful+about+what+they+said+to+others+they+might+be+believed+and+that+could+be+the+beginning+of+the+end%22&pg=PA160#v=onepage
Anatomy of an Illness (1979)
Responding to Republican criticism of his energy policy (5 August 2008) http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0808/05/sitroom.03.html
2008
Source: Evolution (2002), Chapter 13 “Last Contact” section I (pp. 406-407)
Official Announcement http://www.reaganlibrary.com/reagan/speeches/intent.asp of being a candidate for U.S. President (13 November 1979)
1970s
In the Land of the Laughing Buddha – The Adventures of an American Barbarian in China, Upton Close, 2007, READ BOOKS, 354, 1-4067-1675-8, 2010-06-28 http://books.google.com/books?id=DpQa22PJutwC&pg=RA1-PA266&dq=ma+fu-hsiang&hl=en&ei=DnszTJc6wd-WB4uS7b4L&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCQQ6AEwADgU#v=snippet&q=In%20a%20year%20and%20a%20half%20China%20will%20be%20sufficiently%20reunited%20to%20allow%20me%20to%20take%20my%20trip%20around%20the%20world.&f=false,
In the Land of the Laughing Buddha – The Adventures of an American Barbarian in China, Upton Close, 2007, READ BOOKS, 355, 1-4067-1675-8, 2010-06-28 http://books.google.com/books?id=DpQa22PJutwC&pg=RA1-PA266&dq=ma+fu-hsiang&hl=en&ei=DnszTJc6wd-WB4uS7b4L&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCQQ6AEwADgU#v=onepage&q=country%20to%20instruct%20me%20in%20its%20governmental%20and%20industrial%20methods&f=false,
Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1999. Canto 4, Chapter 25, verse 41, purport. Vedabase http://www.vedabase.com/en/sb/4/25/41
Quotes from Books: Loving God, Quotes from Books: Regression of Women's Rights
Floor Statement on President's Decision to Increase Troops in Iraq (19 January 2007)
2007
1950s, The Russell-Einstein Manifesto (1955)
after announcing his Alzheimer's diagnosis. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/12/13/terry.pratchett
Misc
The Glass Bead Game (1943)
Context: Under the shifting hegemony of now this, now that science or art, the Game of games had developed into a kind of universal language through which the players could express values and set these in relation to one another. Throughout its history the Game was closely allied with music, and usually proceeded according to musical and mathematical rules. One theme, two themes, or three themes were stated, elaborated, varied, and underwent a development quite similar to that of the theme in a Bach fugue or a concerto movement. A Game, for example, might start from a given astronomical configuration, or from the actual theme of a Bach fugue, or from a sentence out of Leibniz or the Upanishads, and from this theme, depending on the intentions and talents of the player, it could either further explore and elaborate the initial motif or else enrich its expressiveness by allusions to kindred concepts. Beginners learned how to establish parallels, by means of the Game's symbols, between a piece of classical music and the formula for some law of nature. Experts and Masters of the Game freely wove the initial theme into unlimited combinations.
“That is the judgment of our Nuclear Regulatory Commission and many other experts.”
2011, Address on the natural and nuclear energy disasters in Japan (March 2011)
Context: I know that many Americans are also worried about the potential risks to the United States. So I want to be very clear: We do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the United States, whether it’s the West Coast, Hawaii, Alaska, or U. S. territories in the Pacific. Let me repeat that: We do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the West Coast, Hawaii, Alaska, or U. S. territories in the Pacific. That is the judgment of our Nuclear Regulatory Commission and many other experts.
“We Shouldn't Presume That A Group Of Experts Somehow Knows What's Best.”
2020
Source: 30 June 2020 https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/06/30/rand-paul-to-federal-health-officials-we-shouldnt-presume-that-a-group-of-experts-somehow-knows-whats-best/#684b8b2239a8/
An Interview with Jean-Michel Cousteau https://kerdowney.com/2017/05/jean-michel-cousteau-part-two/ (May 17, 2017)
“When we become expert in something, our tastes grow more esoteric and complex.”
Source: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Source: Love the One You're With
“There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner.”
Source: The Thirteenth Tale
“Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.”
Source: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Source: Mr. Perfect
Source: Drowning Instinct
“The problem with experts is that they do not know what they do not know”
Source: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think (2009)
Source: You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think: Answers to Questions from Angry Skeptics
Source: 2000s, 2001, Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001)
Context: Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish. Picture all experts as if they were mammals. Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence. Suspect your own motives, and all excuses. Do not live for others any more than you would expect others to live for you.
“The Truth is in the prolouge.
Death to the romantic fool.,
the expert in solitary confinement.”
Source: The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
“Give a girl a boyfriend and she becomes a total expert on relationships”
Source: You Know You Love Me
Ein Fachmann ist ein Mann, der einige der gröbsten Fehler kennt, die man in dem betreffenden Fach machen kann, und der sie deshalb zu vermeiden versteht.
Der Teil und das Ganze. Gespräche im Umkreis der Atomphysik (1969); also in "Kein Chaos, aus dem nicht wieder Ordnung würde", Die Zeit No. 34 (22 August 1969); as translated in Physics and Beyond : Encounters and Conversation (1971)
James Rumbaugh in Federico Biancuzzi and Shane Warden eds. (2009) Masterminds of Programming. p. 339; cited in " Quote by James Rumbaugh http://www.ptidej.net/course/cse3009/winter13/resources/james" on ptidej.net. Last updated 2013-04-09 by guehene; Rumbaugh is responding to the question: "What do you think of using UML to generate implementation code?"
Interview with Martin Gayford, " 'Photography is crumbling,' " http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/05/18/bahock18.xml The Telegraph, (18 May 2004)
2000s
IETF mailing list archive http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg30614.html
His comment to his wife On his daily prayers he would sings devotional songs out of tune and metre. Quoted in page=104
Part 5: "The World of One Physicist", "The 7 Percent Solution", p. 255
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (1985)
On Robert Gates in interview with Larry King. (February 2010) http://en.rian.ru/interview/20101202/161586625.html
2006- 2010
Source: Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences., 1983, p.104
Source: Rule 34 (2011), Chapter 26, “Liz: It’s Complicated” (pp. 286-287)
God doesn't believe in atheists (2002)
"The Tech Industry’s War on Kids" Medium March 11, 2018 https://medium.com/@richardnfreed/the-tech-industrys-psychological-war-on-kids-c452870464ce
Talking to BBC Sinhala Service about a proposed investigation into allegations on war crimes, quoted on Daily Mirror.lk (February 5, 2016), "The international community need not worry about matters of state interest”- President Sirisena" http://www.dailymirror.lk/104990/The-international-community-need-not-worry-about-matters-of-state-interest-President-Sirisena-
Source: Textual politics: Discourse and social dynamics, 1995, p. 48
Introduction
Naked Economics (rev. and updated ed., 2010)