Paul Krugman Quotes

It is easy to be seen as either a genius or a crank. If you have a Ph.D., at least you somewhat lower the chances that you will be seen as a crank.

A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once.

If you want respect, you earn it in politics. You don't get it because you are some form of bloody emperor in a toga.

There is no question that knowing someone in the business will get you in the door. But it is your skill that will keep you in the room.

Bloggers create kind of a popularity. But they are not the experts, and we have to understand that.

People trust I know what I'm doing. I have lots of credibility. I've had years of learning. I know and understand my business.

Remember, I have a Ph.D. in English literature.

Even in my neighborhood, the kids come to me for interviews for their term papers. I ask them later what grades they got, and they're always A-pluses.

I'm lucky. As soon as I open my mouth, people see I know what I'm talking about, and when I leave the room, I think most say, 'She's OK.'

As an academic, what do you have? You have the quality of your work and the integrity with which you do it.

I have a credibility on the subject that most people don't.

It is disappointing and embarrassing to the science profession that some Nobel Laureates would deliberately use their well deserved scientific reputations and hold themselves out as experts in other fields.

The American people are willing to listen to anyone who has attained prominence. The main fact is that we've heard a man's name a great many times; that makes us ready to accept whatever he says.

Democrats, myself included, tend to respect and value expertise and find that people who have established a record of accuracy and developed a model that's proven to be beneficial over time should be people accorded great deference when they opine on a topic that they have demonstrated past mastery over.

I strongly discourage any intellectuals, regardless of race, from speaking on matters for which they have limited or no expertise.

People can tell if you don't know what you're talking about.

Women need to make sure they know what they're talking about. You can't just plant yourself in front of a camera and be pretty because that's just not good enough. It's just not a respectable way about building one's career - in sports or anywhere on TV.

You can't say Charles doesn't know what he's talking about.

Of course, I'd love to be regarded as a voice of authority.

It's weird: you do a TED talk on something, and people think that you suddenly have a lot of answers around the topic.

I know I'm skilled - I know my background - and the people who are familiar with my credentials know better than to try me.

I'm not some schmuck they just hired and threw down in the Performance Center and gave him an entrance or anything that like. I've been around enough and have enough experience; I know what I'm doing pretty much.

When you put yourself out there as an expert and the people you are trying to attract are people who want to do the very show you are doing, guys standing around, sitting around arguing with each other over sports, if you make a mistake that lights up like a flare in the middle of the night. You've just got to correct that or else they're going to say, 'Well, why do these dopes have that show? I can go out there and be just as good as them.'

There is a time for scientists and movie stars and those who have flown the atlantic to restrain their opinions lest they be taken more seriously than they should be.

When you get a big crisis, everyone wants somebody with some experience and some credibility.