Sublime

When I did socialise, it was with people I’d met in New York; and two of them were to become very important in my life. The first was a management consultant called Nick Walt, whom I met at a party; he worked with the Boston Consulting Group, although he was from a different Boston, in Lincolnshire. He was insanely polite and overbearingly consider

I saw more of Lyell than of any other man, both before and after my marriage. His mind was characterised, as it appeared to me, by clearness, caution, sound judgment, and a good deal of originality. When I made any remark to him on Geology, he never rested until he saw the whole case clearly, and often made me see it more clearly than I had done be

business consultant action hero Gabe Rayner, for showing me where extreme self-actualisation can lead;

That’s the great thing about working in comedy. If the audience doesn’t laugh, you know you’ve got it wrong.

Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman