There is a quotation along the lines of "A specialist is, by strict
definition, an idiot." What is the correct quotation and who said it?
I need citation. Thanks

Hello Shoelessmike and thanks for your question.

The quotation "No man can be a pure specialist without being in the
strict sense an idiot."  was said by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950),
Irish-born British playwright.

Source: The Quote World Org Network
http://www.quoteworld.org/author.php?thetext=George%20Bernard%20Shaw

Bernard Shaw (1856–1950).  Man and Superman.  1903. 
Maxims for Revolutionists
No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an
idiot.   41
http://www.bartleby.com/157/6.html


AUTHOR: Shaw, Bernard, 1856–1950. 
TITLE: Man and superman. A comedy and a philosophy, by Bernard Shaw. 
PUBLISHED: Cambridge, Mass.: The University Press, 1903. 
PHYSICAL DETAILS: xxxvii p., 2 l., 243 p. 19 cm. 
ISBN: 1-58734-056-9. 
CITATION: Shaw, Bernard. Man and Superman. Cambridge, Mass.: The
University Press, 1903; Bartleby.com, 1999.
http://www.bartleby.com/br/157.html

Additional information that may interest you:

George Bernard Shaw – a short biography
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc18.html

George Bernard Shaw's Plays:
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc18p.html

Other Works by George Bernard Shaw
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc18p.html#anchor163072

Biographies/Studies of George Bernard Shaw:
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc18p.html#anchor171486

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"No man can be a pure specialist"
George Bernard Shaw


I hope you find this helpful.

Best Regards,
Bobbie7-ga

Excellent research done timely and fully. I searched 30 minutes and
was unable to find the answer-- I feel much more computer illiterate
than I did before.