Each one to his own trade; then would the cows be well cared for.Jean-Pierre Claris de FlorianCareEfficiencySpecialization Share this
Modern warfare is an intricate business about which no one knows everything and few know very much.Frank KnoxComplexitySpecializationUncertainty Share this
The idea of being all things to all people is a thing of the past.Michael DellDiversityIndividualitySpecialization Share this
Almost never does a single company have excellence in a multiplicity of disciplines.Leroy HoodExcellenceLimitationsSpecialization Share this
No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot.George Bernard ShawIntelligenceLimitationsSpecialization Share this
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.Will RogersIgnorancePrideSpecialization Share this
Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else.Hilaire BellocContentmentSkillSpecialization Share this
The main insight learned from interdisciplinary studies is the return to specializationGeorge StiglerInsightSpecialization Share this
Brain surgeons earn 10 times that of a general practitioner… it pays to be an expert.Allan PeaseExpertiseIncomeSpecialization Share this
Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less.Alvar AaltoExpertiseKnowledgeSpecialization Share this
Specialize in your particular field and try to know more about it than anyone else.Joseph MurphyKnowledgeSpecializationSuperiority Share this
Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America.Arthur EricksonSpecialization Share this
You specialize in something until one day it is specializing in you.Arthur MillerExpertiseSpecializationTransformation Share this
You don’t have to be the specialist on everything. You can try to inform yourself.Sandra CisnerosKnowledgeSelf-improvementSpecialization Share this
Thomas Muller is not the best in the world. But he is the best in what he doesJupp HeynckesRecognitionSpecializationTalent Share this
No man who can do any one thing well will be able to any different thing equally well.John ConstableAbilitySkillsSpecialization Share this
The scientist rigorously defends his right to be ignorant of almost everything except his specialty.Marshall McLuhanIgnoranceSpecialization Share this
Don’t try to be a jack of all investments. Stick to the field you know best.Bernard BaruchExpertiseFocusSpecialization Share this
The history of learning amounts to a history of specialization.Beryl SmalleyEducationProgressSpecialization Share this
A specialist is a barbarian whose ignorance is not well-rounded.Stanislaw LemExpertiseIgnoranceSpecialization Share this
A sniper is like a genius – it’s not enough to be one, you have to be one at something.Steve AylettExcellenceSkillSpecialization Share this
Focus on just a few things, and do them better than anybody else.Steve EllsExcellenceFocusSpecialization Share this
Typecasting is a good thing. It’s good to be known for what you do.Steve GuttenbergIdentityRecognitionSpecialization Share this
The expert knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing.Mahatma GandhiExpertiseKnowledgeSpecialization Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity