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Competence Quotes
"An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject, and how to avoid them"
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Niels Bohr
"Power is competence"
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Jordan Peterson
"Know what you are talking about"
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Pope John Paul II
"It is the duty of every man to render to the country the services he is competent to perform"
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James Madison
"Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it."
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George Carlin
"The future belongs to the competent. Get good, get better, be the best."
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Brian Tracy
"We should spend less time ranking children and more time helping them to identify their natural competencies and gifts and cultivate those"
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Howard Gardner
"If you have to speculate to make money, then you ought to just let someone else do it for you who is more competent."
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Jim Cramer
"People are naturally more superficial with attractive people. In terms of impressions, there's a trade-off between competence and looks. We can't help making snap judgments, and beautiful people may have a hard time being seen as competent"
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Paul Graham
"In the societal arena, one who has skills and use them intelligently is more likely to be chosen than one who has none and can envision none."
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Noam Chomsky
"The worst enemy is a boss with a title and no knowledge"
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Aldous Huxley