Source: Straight From The Heart (1985), Chapter Four, The Politics Of Business, p. 91
Context: I learned early that business is business and politics is politics. The proof is how few important businessmen have made good politicians. They may think that they are very smart about everything because they made millions of dollars by digging a hole in the ground and finding oil, but the talent and luck needed to become rich are not the same talent and luck needed to succeed on Parliament Hill.
Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) French Romantic composer
L'auteur de ce Prophète a non seulement le bonheur d'avoir du talent, mais aussi le talent d'avoir du bonheur. <br class="br">Les soirées de l'orchestre (1852), ch. 5 http://www.hberlioz.com/Writings/SO05.htm; Jacques Barzun (trans.) Evenings with the Orchestra (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999) p. 62.
James D. Watson (1928) American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist.
Succeeding in Science: Some Rules of Thumb (1993)
Context: To have success in science, you need some luck.
But to succeed in science, you need a lot more than luck. And it's not enough to be smart — lots of people are very bright and get nowhere in life. In my view, you have to combine intelligence with a willingness not to follow conventions when they block your path forward.
Richard Koch (1950) German medical historian and internist
Source: The 80/20 Individual (2003), Chapter: The 80/20 Principle Is at the Heart of Creation
“It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.”
Joseph Roux (1834–1905) French poet
Part 4, LXXXVIII
Meditations of a Parish Priest (1866)
William J. Bernstein (1948) economist
Source: The Four Pillars of Investing (2002), Chapter 11, Oliver Stone Meets Wall Street, p. 220.
Greta Thunberg book No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Declaration of Rebellion, Extinction Rebellion, Parliament Square, London, 31 October 2018.
Cited in No One is Too Small to Make a Difference, Penguin Books, 2019, page 12 (ISBN 9780141991740).
2018, "Almost Everything is Black and White" (October 2018)
Margaret J. Wheatley (1941) American writer
Source: Leadership and the New Science (1992), p. 38
