One of the characteristics of the university is that it is made up of professors who train professors, or professionals training professionals. Education was this no longer directed toward people who were to be educated with a view to become fully developed human beings, but to specialists, in other that they might learn how to train other specialists. This is the danger of "Scholasticism," that philosophical tendency which began to be sketched at the end of antiquity, developed in the Middle Ages, and whose presence is still recognizable in philosophy today.
Making music should not be left to the professionals.
And I'm the kind of manager that doesn't believe that you micro-manage professionals. They should understand their responsibility and carry out those responsibility.
Academics are mostly professionals, involved in their work and other concerns of their own, with no particular interest in the workings of the ideological system.
As professionals we have a responsibility of providing a good show for the fans. Getting hits and home runs is what they want to see.
What about regular professionals, who just want to do what they do as well as they can?
[My grandmother] managed her money better than some financial professionals I know. I give credit always to her because she is the reason I have my column and national recognition.
The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
Nihilism is best done by professionals.
The professionals must set a good example.
Amateurs want to be right. Professionals want to make money.
I only work with professionals. I don't mean at seminars, but in my business.
We're baseball players. We don't need guys telling us, 'Hey, you need to hurry. Hey, you need to do this. Hey, you need to step up. ' We are professionals, we can do that without anybody telling us. I'm OK with it, but we need to do it on our own.
There's a leadership gap in the modern business world. Young professionals need to step up to the challenge.
You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday classes.
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
It is a misfortune of the times that all of us must needs be amateur economists-including, and perhaps especially, the professionals.
In some areas, [Getty Images has] more images than the rest of the market put together. But libraries are being built up at a terrific pace. A photographer in a lifetime will produce maybe a million images, and there are about 15,000 professionals at work out there.
Relegating conservation to government is like relegating virtue to the Sabbath. Turns over to professionals what should be daily work of amateurs.
We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest.