Lester Holt Quotes

I know I'm in a 'jack of all, master of none' situation, but I like it that way.

No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot.

A specialist is someone who does everything else worse.

I don't look at a man who's expert in one area as a specialist. I look at him as a rookie in ten other areas.

Every one of my opponents, every one of my critics, will tell you that I am a generalist spread far too thin in an age when this is not done anymore, when responsible knowledge is specialized knowledge.

A smattering of everything, and a knowledge of nothing.

Our culture has kind of let the concept of the Renaissance Man die out. We don't really tell the kids that it's okay to bounce around the world, work odd jobs, and do six different things.

Actually I like the idea of being a Renaissance hack. If tombstones were still in style, I would want to have the two words chiseled right under my name.

I always wanted to be a renaissance woman, do as many things as I possibly can and hopefully do them well or don't do them at all.

I think actors become jacks-of-all-trades and masters of none.

In the age of the specialist, the generalsit gets short shrift.

It'd be nice to be what they call a Renaissance man.

I do a little bit of everything.

I know a little bit about a great many things and not enough about any one to make a living in these times.

If you look at the people who have high impact, they have pretty general knowledge. They don't have a really narrowly focused education.

The uniqueness about me is I don't do one thing perfectly or great. I do a little bit of everything. That's what makes me so unique. I'm just trying to master a little bit of everything.

I'm kind of a Jack of all trades, master of none.

The only way I work as a designer is to consciously avoid specialisation.

That's my role, I go get news.

I do a little bit of everything... kind of like being a chef on the court.

I've worked in government. I've worked in competitive New York litigation, I've worked as a writer and reporte..

Obviously, I carved out a pretty successful path and career for myself. But I'm kind of fascinated with, for lack of a better term, Renaissance men. And women. People who do a lot of different things.

I know a little bit about a lot of things. I don't go very deep in any one field, except maybe '90s baseball.

I always wanted to do be an allrounder. I don't know why I picked keeping.

I could say I'm a writer or that I'm a musician but I don't really do music; I do music to go with things I'm developing. Then I do act in a few things, but I'm not really an actor. I'm not a comedian, but I am known for comedy. I just don't know. I feel like I'm a slightly interdisciplinary jack of all trades.