Edward Snowden Quotes

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.

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.

Know what you're talking about.

Don't get roped into talking about something that you don't really have passion for, and don't get roped into something you don't have expertise in. Why should somebody listen to you? If you're going to take somebody's time, you better deliver.

I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.

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

If you know what you're talking about, or if you feel that you do, the reader will believe you.

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

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

First off, I'm not a scientist, and I make no apology for that.

I'd just make sure with anything I say I know what I'm talking about.

As a physicist, I can state that none of the 18 physicists who signed the Statement works in this field; nor to my knowledge has ever published a paper on this subject.

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

Well, I'm a professional.

I don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing.

Who's to say who's an expert?

I have been a systems engineer, systems administrator, a senior adviser for the Central Intelligence Agency, a solutions consultant and a telecommunications information systems officer.

You should never trust the experts. If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the soldiers, nothing is safe.

Believe one who has proved it. Believe the expert.

I've been very, very careful to tell people what I am qualified to talk about and what I'm not qualified to talk about.

One is sometimes meant to reassure the reader that she's qualified to write about a certain topic.

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

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

You have to be able to deep dive and know your stuff, otherwise you'll get called out on it.

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