This...is an age of specialization, and in such an age the repertory theater is an anachronism, a ludicrous anachronism. — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
If it is to be effective as a tool of thought, a notation must allow convenient expression not only of notions arising… — Kenneth E. Iverson Copy Share Image
Biologically, man is still the great amateur of the animal kingdom; he is unique in his lack of anatomical and physiological specialization. — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
In a market economy with the division and specialization of labor, people use others as means to achieve their ends. This is… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
Considering my specialization in architecture, I'm not surprised that the first graphic novel to thoroughly engage, not to say captivate, me is… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
The whole of our civilization is founded on specialization, which implies the enslavement of those who execute to those who coordinate. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
We think of history as another specialization, like philosophy of language, rather than as something that informs everything we do and think. — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
In 1600 the specialization of games and pastimes did not extend beyond infancy; after the age of three or four it decreased… — Philippe Aries Copy Share Image
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building,… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
A man may have intelligence enough to excel in a particular thing and lecture on it, and yet not have sense enough… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
More and more of out colleagues fail to understand our work because of the high specialization of research problems. We must not… — Theobald Smith Copy Share Image
“I spent most of my life trying to specialize myself. I went to theater school, film school, music school, mime school ...… — Nuno Roque Copy Share Image
“At this point in history, our society tends to elevate and reward the specialist...This concentrated focus has brought some benefits...It may also… — Keith Stewart Copy Share Image
“All trades, arts, and handiwork have gained by division of labor, namely, when, instead of one man doing everything, each confines himself… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
The history of clothing practices provides guidance for fashioning a new ethic that emphasizes quality over quantity, longevity over novelty, and versatility… — Juliet B. Schor Copy Share Image
In an age of specialization people are proud to be able to do one thing well, but if that is all they… — Dennis Flanagan Copy Share Image
“To specialize is to brush one tooth. When a person specializes he channels all of his energies through one narrow conduit; he… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
If I could relive my life, what I would do is work with scientists. But not one scientist, because they're locked into… — Agnes Denes Copy Share Image
It would be suicide in the American academy to show too early an interest beyond your doctoral specialization: charges of everything from… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
Overemphasis of the competitive system and premature specialization on the ground of immediate usefulness kill the spirit on which all cultural life… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Specialization is a feature of every complex organization, be it social or natural, a school system, garden, book, or mammalian body. — Catharine R Stimpson Copy Share Image
Specialization is in fact only a fancy form of slavery wherein the 'expert' is fooled into accepting a slavery by making him… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But that so many scholars are barbarians does not much matter so long as a few of them are ready to help… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
People who are constantly looking for the opportunity to do something new are also people who are not going to be helped… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
There are all these different areas of specialization. That's it. You have to be a specialist nowadays. There's no other way. I… — Debbie Harry Copy Share Image
Because by definition they lack any sense of mutuality or wholeness, our specializations subsist on conflict with one another. The rule is… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The daily grinding of evolution, as accelerated by technology, churns out more and more complex organisms, with higher rates of energy use,… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
Let us admit that most of us writers feel an essential aversion to politics. By taking such a position, however, we accept… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
The downside to becoming a doctor, I think, is it's a very long process; four years of medical school, three years of… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
I can probably earn more in an hour of writing or even teaching than I could save in a whole week of… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Specialization makes it easy to forget about the filth of the coal-fired power plant that is lighting this pristine computer screen, or… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
I love to exercise my creativity in many ways but as each year of specialization goes by I feel further and further… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
We develop all our sciences, archeology, cosmology, psychology, we tabulate and classify and cling to our sacred definitions, our divisions, without any… — Maureen Duffy Copy Share Image
“Extrapolated, technology wants what life wants: Increasing efficiency Increasing opportunity Increasing emergence Increasing complexity Increasing diversity Increasing specialization Increasing ubiquity Increasing freedom… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
The facts of paleontology seem to support creation and the flood rather than evolution. For instance, all the major groups of invertebrates… — Enoch Copy Share Image
Society thrives on trade simply because trade makes specialization possible, and specialization increases output, and increased output reduces the cost in toil… — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
Clearly, one does not have to give up being an academic, retreat from rigorous research, or renounce the importance of specialization in… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“Don’t be afraid to say no to projects. Prove that you’re serious about specialization by turning down work that falls outside your… — John Warrillow Copy Share Image
There must be bands of enthusiasts for everything on earth-fanatics who shared a vocabulary, a batch of technical skills and equipment, and,… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
