Blaise Pascal Quotes

A scholar has to know a little 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.

There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized.

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

I always try to be a universalist, not a specialist.

All men are ignorant, just on different subjects.

The necessity of knowing a little about a great many things is the most grievous burden of our day. It deprives us of leisure on the one hand, and of scholarship on the other.

I believe strongly that philosophy has nothing to do with specialists.

All men can understand what representation is; and that it must necessarily include a variety of knowledge and talents.

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.

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.

I've been compared to hundreds of artists, which just goes to show you that I'm not any one thing at all.

I don't see myself as a person who just does one thing. I understand that sometimes that might sound a bit unprofessional. But I disagree.

But I am a lover of all kinds of art. And I just can't stick to one thing. I guess I could if I made myself, but I'd always be looking the other way, for other things.

I just like music all the way around the board. I can't stick to one thing - I've got to move around.

I think I'm okay at everything and not spectacular at any one thing that Kaggle does.

One thing I liked about being in microscopy is it gets you out of your box constantly because there's such a diverse range of applications.

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.

I could never really imagine myself doing one thing, and I'm pretty sure that I'll end up doing four or five different things. I want to be a Renaissance woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I want to just do everything.

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

I'm just not sticking to one thing. I like to have fun with it. I like to spread myself in many ways, so you're gonna get all types of music.

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

I want to be super well-rounded.

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 don't want to rely on one thing. Being good at everything, that's how you earn your spot on the floor.