Specialization Quotes

46 quotes by 42 authors

A man may have intelligence enough to excel in a particular thing and lecture on it, and yet not have sense enough to know he… — Jean de la Bruyere
In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last 'generalist' in economics, with interests that range from mathematical economics down to… — Paul Samuelson
If you want to succeed, limit yourself. — Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
You specialize in something until one day it is specializing in you. — Arthur Miller
Biologically, man is still the great amateur of the animal kingdom; he is unique in his lack of anatomical and physiological specialization. — Rene Dubos
For no continuity of social act is possible without a corresponding social status and the many different kinds of act required in an industrial state,… — Kenneth Burke
It seems that the increased number of scientific workers, their being split up into groups whose studies are limited to a small subject, and over-specialization… — Alexis Carrel
This...is an age of specialization, and in such an age the repertory theater is an anachronism, a ludicrous anachronism. — Minnie Maddern Fiske
If I could relive my life, what I would do is work with scientists. But not one scientist, because they're locked into their little specializations.… — Agnes Denes
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, (cont. Specialization is for insects. — Robert A. Heinlein
There must be bands of enthusiasts for everything on earth-fanatics who shared a vocabulary, a batch of technical skills and equipment, and, perhaps, a vision… — Annie Dillard
Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and… — Samuel Eliot Morison
Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America. — Arthur Erickson
Only by strict specialization can the scientific worker become fully conscious, for once and perhaps never again in his lifetime, that he has achieved something… — Max Weber
All research in the cultural sciences in an age of specialization, once it is oriented towards a given subject matter through particular settings of problems… — Max Weber
Considering my specialization in architecture, I'm not surprised that the first graphic novel to thoroughly engage, not to say captivate, me is Chip Kidd and… — Martin Filler
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet,… — Robert A. Heinlein
The range of human knowledge today is so great that we're all specialists and the distance between specializations has become so great that anyone who… — Robert M. Pirsig
The modern spirit is a hesitant one. Spontaneity has given way to cautious legalisms, and the age of heroes has been superseded by a cult… — Roger Lowenstein

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