Tom Waits Quotes

Believe one who has proved it. Believe the expert.

Put faith in one who's had experience.

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.

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

I'm queen of mentorship.

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

Anyone who has been successful and has knowledge to share is a potential mentor.

Undertaker was always a leader in the dressing room, always a man's man. No one ever doubted what he said because his word was good. He was a guy that set the dressing room standard. If you had an issue or personal problem, you could go to Undertaker and he would help you.

You always want to know you have somebody at the helm who knows what they're doing.

We deeply want to be led by people who know what they're doing and who don't have to think about it too much.

You better educate yourself. You don't stand in the front of the line unless you're up there because you know everything that's involved.

To get the best out of your men, they must feel that you are their real leader and must know that they can depend upon you.

Authority's for sharing only when the sharer is sure of his (or hers).

I would surround myself with people who know what they're doing.

We don't talk about tennis. I figure she knows what she's doing. I mean, what am I going to tell her?

Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.

You need somebody you respect and admire to back you always.

I am the expert on battery life.

The sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.

People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

When it comes to lingerie, I know what I'm doing.

You must have the confidence to override people with more credentials than you whose cognition is impaired by incentive-caused bias or some similar psychological force that is obviously present. But there are also cases where you have to recognize that you have no wisdom to add - and that your best course is to trust some expert.

Wirewalker, trust your feet! Let them lead you; they know the way.

I pretty much know what I'm doing.

I knew I was in good hands [with Didier Dubot] and we could accomplish whatever I had in mind.