Tony Kornheiser 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.

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'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.

One of my true dreams is to do a sports talk radio show and take calls.

Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin Powell said?

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.

As far as I'm concerned, any work you get is because people have heard other work you've done.

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

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.

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

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.'

People don't buy from clowns.

I need to behave in a way that will cause people to take me seriously.

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

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

Well, I'm a professional.

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.

From the first time you can look in the paper and you accept that you're the entertainment for some people that night, it becomes so much more enjoyable to play live.

Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done.

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

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.

If you don't believe I'm a professional, do not sign me. And if you've signed me on a certain belief, don't question my integrity.

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.