
“A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.”
The Harvard Business Review (1 November 1986)
Post-Prime Ministerial
Source: The Wedding
“A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.”
The Harvard Business Review (1 November 1986)
Post-Prime Ministerial
“Give a girl a boyfriend and she becomes a total expert on relationships”
Source: You Know You Love Me
"A mighty fall from a moral high ground", 2014
“Since then I never pay attention to anything by "experts". I calculate everything myself.”
After having been led astray on neutron-proton coupling by reports of "beta-decay experts".
Part 5: "The World of One Physicist", "The 7 Percent Solution", p. 255
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (1985)
Essay as "Mr. X" (1969)
Context: The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before. The understanding of the intent of the artist which I can achieve when high sometimes carries over to when I'm down. This is one of many human frontiers which cannabis has helped me traverse. There also have been some art-related insights — I don't know whether they are true or false, but they were fun to formulate.
“Musical novelty attracts attention and overcomes boredom, increasing memorability.”
This is Your Brain on Music (2006)
“Improvement in learning was no part of the thoughts or attention of our ancestors.”
4 Burr. Part IV., 2387.
Dissenting in Millar v Taylor (1769)
Original: La felicità si trova nei semplici gesti, nelle attenzioni... in cordiali riconoscimenti e graditi apprezzamenti.
Source: prevale.net