Generalists Or Specialists Quotes & Sayings

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

But as he no longer stands on his native soil, his art can't possibly have roots. An artist creates true art for his people only as long as he lives, and suffers, among them. — Olga Grushin

Funny how when we start to tell a secret, we can't stop. Something falls open in us, and the sheer momentum of letting go pushes us on. — Victoria Schwab

The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better. — Adriana Trigiani

He was to them like the poet of a new school who takes his contemporaries by storm; who is not really new, but is the first to articulate what all his listeners have felt, though but dumbly till then. — Thomas Hardy

It took me so long to get to the music, where that was what I wanted to do all my life. It took me so long to realise that it wasn't really movies that I wanted to do, but to be on stage singing. — Lou Doillon

Slovenliness is a lazy and beastly negligence of a man's own person, whereby he becomes so sordid as to be offensive to those about him. — Theophrastus

Gravity is not a trivial monster. — Frank Cottrell Boyce

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

The human body is much stronger than we think. It seems to laugh at the cobwebs of despair that the heart weaves before our eyes in order to blind us to our fate. The body walks and goes on walking. — Consuelo De Saint-Exupery

I don't subscribe to the narrative that Africa is backward because of colonialism. — Mo Ibrahim

Dear God, I love you, Lance," he whispers when he pulls out of the kiss. "Don't ever leave me."
I look into his eyes, ignoring the water that's starting to turn cool. I take his face in my hands and kiss him softly on his wet lips before responding. His eyes are troubled and it hurts me to see all the doubts and fears looking back at me.
"Rick, I'm not going anywhere. I'm yours. Always. — Candi Kay

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

Ten milligrams equals one centigram. Ten decigrams equals one gram. Ten grams equals one grampa."
"Keep going ... I can hardly wait to see what comes next ... — Charles M. Schulz

We did not speak in terms of strategy, in terms of overall economies, in terms of production and territorial conquest. We spoke of the impact of the bomb on the homes and the hopes of men and women. — Philip Morrison

If you have a guru, leave him; if you don't have, get one. In other words, keep changing your gurus! Ocean's wisdom comes from knowing many ships and many fishes, many storms and many waves! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Look in the mirror. What you see there is what you get from others. When you smile, smile comes back to you. When you get angry, anger comes back to you. When you love, love comes back to you, when you hate, hatred comes back to you.
That's very simple. You can make your life however you like by how you behave. — Hiroko Sakai

The parts I enjoy playing aren't really available to me. So I have to write them. — Lena Dunham

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