| "I had no experience in politics, so I hadn't learned what I couldn't do. I realize now that was my greatest asset." |
| Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City |
| "Neither of us had preconceptions. Neither of us were trained for what really interested us." |
| James D. Watson, Nobel Laureate and co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA |
| "The world is full of amateurs: gifted amateurs, devoted amateurs." |
| E.O. Wilson, Pulitzer Prize winner, naturalist, Harvard Research Professor |
| "In academic training, the critical faculty rates high, sometimes to the detriment of originality and creativity." |
| Alexander H. Leighton, Professor Emeritus of Social Psychiatry, Harvard University |