Robert Scoble Quotes

We are all experts in our own little niches.

An expert is someone who knows a lot about the past.

Careers in virtually all academic disciplines are fostered by being a superstar who knows more about one subject than anyone else in the world.

Select a subject that interests you and make an effort to become an expert in that field. I promise you, if you make the effort, and you become an expert, you will have a wonderful career.

If you want people to listen, you have to have a platform to speak from, and that is excellence in what you do.

If you're a technology investor, and you decide that you're also going to be a healthcare investor or a green-tech investor, that doesn't usually work out that well. There are reasons why people make their careers studying these things and becoming experts.

I'd rather be a big fish in a specialized pond than a little, little fish in a more generalized big pond.

In our "age of the expert" the expert has his constituency — those who have a vested interest in commonly held opinions; elaborating and defining the consensus at a high level has, after all, made him an expert.

Knowledge is power as well as fame.

Make yourself master of one single subject and the time must come when your knowledge will be valuable.

Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive.

All the people I've met, many outside of cinema, knew everything perfectly about one thing or one subject or one area.

Believe one who has proved it. Believe the expert.

You can wish to have an Oscar someday or some other award, but Life Achievement? You don't see yourself that way.

I know sound, and this is what I'm going to stick to: what I know.

It's hard to get to the right position, to be somebody who is commercially successful and critically acclaimed. That's the sweet spot.

Now I can always be called 'Emmy winner Regina King.' I think that in this business, it must mean something. Every time someone has won an award, and they're announcing them or speaking about them, that prefaces their name.

I think I've had an illustrious career.

It's key to become 'famous' for one thing first, and that will give you the credibility to go into other areas once your ready... which generally means a long time and a lot of perfecting!

When a director you admire says that he wants to work with you, it's always a compliment, very good for your ego.

When you find your niche, you just gotta continue to be confident and thrive in it.

Figure out your niche and maximize it.

The more you work and get known for something, sometimes things begin to narrow a bit, and your opportunities get more... specific.

I've never made an All-Star Game, but I've always had my peers' and coaches' respect around the league.

Finding that people are searching for my name and work on IMDb, which is the biggest data base for movies and celebrities in the world, is immensely special and motivating.