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An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field.
~ Niels Bohr ~
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
~ William Cowper ~
What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming.
~ Edgar Degas ~
A lot of fellows nowadays have a B. A., M. D., or Ph. D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J. O. B.
~ Fats Domino ~
Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes ~
One who limits himself to his chosen mode of ignorance.
~ Elbert Hubbard ~
There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause.
~ Herbert Marshall ~
The more the world is specialized the more it will be run by generalists.
~ Marcel Masse ~
Given one well-trained physician of the highest type he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists.
~ William James Mayo ~
Brain surgeons earn 10 times that of a general practitioner... it pays to be an expert.
~ Alan Pease ~
Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.
~ Laurence J. Peter ~
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.
~ P. J. Plauger ~
A specialist is someone who does everything else worse.
~ Ruggiero Ricci ~
Consultants are people who borrow your watch and tell you what time it is, and then walk off with the watch.
~ Robert Townsend ~
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 that will endure. A really definitive and good accomplishment is today always a specialized ac
~ Max Weber ~
An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the grand fallacy.
~ Steven Weinberg ~
An ordinary man away from home giving advice.
~ Oscar Wilde ~
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