Generalists And Specialists Quotes & Sayings

Music is critical in our lives and culture. It's the inspiration that drives us. It's also the window to our souls. It's a reflection as to who we are, what we stand for and where we're going. — Bill Walton

Intellectually curious men become generalists. Intellectually lazy men settle for being specialists. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Generalists, people with moderately strong attachments to many ideas, should be hard to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have weaker, shorter negative reactions since they have alternative paths to realize their plans. Specialists, people with stronger attachments to fewer ideas, should be easier to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have stronger, more sustained negative reactions because they have fewer alternative pathways to realize their plans. Generalists should be the upbeat, positive people in the profession while specialists should be their grouchy, negative counterparts. — Karl E. Weick

Do you ever feel like there are plans for you? Not ones you make, but plans for good that will come about if you trust and remain patient? — Katherine Reay

I would write a scientific paper with the devil, if it was on high temperatures. The fellow's probably an authority. — Henry Eyring

You see, that's the problem I have with 'you people.' — Katie Couric

It's hard being away from home. But other than that, performing is the highlight of my day. — Martina Mcbride

Amidst all this bustle it is not reason, which carries the prize, but eloquence; and no man needs ever despair of gaining proselytes to the most extravagant hypothesis, who has art enough to represent it in any favourable colours. The victory is not gained by the men at arms, who manage the pike and the sword; but by the trumpeters, drummers, and musicians of the army. — David Hume

I discovered that bone china was a British invention, which had been developed by a pottery sited next to a slaughterhouse - 'bone' china, of course, contains bones, though we are inclined to forget that. — Christien Meindertsma

People with highly transferable skills may be specialists in certain areas, but they're also incredible generalists - something businesses that want to grow need. — Leah Busque

There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est — Catullus

All I can do is say I smell a rat. I don't know where it is or what kind of rat it is, but as an artist, I can express how. But I couldn't responsibly stand up and tell people which way to go, because then I'm just as guilty as the people who are telling everybody else what to do and where to go. — Maynard James Keenan

A specialist's mind is a slave to his specialization. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I think when you have a band that are so separate and isolated then you have to know each others styles and characters quite well. — Mat McNerney

Perhaps the reassuring thing about grieving is that the process will not be cheated. — Martha Whitmore Hickman