"When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove the paint that had poured into his sleeve."

“The fact that cognitive diversity matters does not mean that if you assemble a group of diverse but thoroughly uninformed people, their collective wisdom will be smarter than an expert's. But if you can assemble a diverse group of people who possess varying degrees of knowledge and insight, you're better off entrusting it with major decisions rather than leaving them in the hands of one or two people, no matter how smart those people are.”

Source : James Surowiecki (2005). “The Wisdom of Crowds”, p.31, Anchor

“My fundamental philosophy is that you owe it to society to transfer to them any knowledge you have that might be useful.”

“Any relationship that you have is about negotiation - anything - whether there is a written contract or not.”

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“...the pepper is beginning to show signs of strain, and tonight should grace a salad. It has been suggested that I am a cannibal to eat my models.”

“Baseball, to me, is still the national pastime because it is a summer game. I feel that almost all Americans are summer people, that summer is what they think of when they think of their childhood. I think it stirs up an incredible emotion within people.”

“It seems you haven't really become a success until you have as many people as possible condemning you.”

“My whole purpose of being a musician is to not follow the rules, so if I set rules for myself, I've already failed.”

“If it's not bourbon or sweatpants, it's going in the garbage.... No, don't get creative. Now is not a creative time. Now is a bourbon and sweatpants time.”

Source : Justin Halpern (2010). “Shit My Dad Says”, p.88, Pan Macmillan