Ulrich Boser > Quotes

“In fact, if a museum were filled with all of the world's stolen artworks, it would be the most impressive collection ever created. It would have far more Baroque sculptures, much better Surrealist paintings, and the best Greek antiquities of any known institution. A gallery of stolen art would make the Louvre seem like a small-town gallery in comparison. Experts call it the Lost Museum.”
― Ulrich Boser, The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft

“CORRUPTION = MONOPOLY + DISCRETION – ACCOUNTABILITY.”
― Ulrich Boser, The Leap: The Science of Trust and Why It Matters

“authoritarian governments can make us less trusting.”
― Ulrich Boser, The Leap: The Science of Trust and Why It Matters

“the modern world requires that people know how to learn—and develop the thinking skills that matter.”
― Ulrich Boser, Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything

“If you think about information meaningfully, you are much more likely to remember that information than if you think about it at a superficial, meaningless level,”
― Ulrich Boser, Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything

“Learning to learn is what experts call the “ultimate survival tool,” one of the most important talents of the modern era, the skill that precedes all other skills.”
― Ulrich Boser, Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything

“Technology is changing the world much faster than most people think, and he argued that people needed “expert thinking skills” to succeed.”
― Ulrich Boser, Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything

“Walsh took a different approach. He encouraged players to speak up. He promoted collaboration. He saw communication as a way to promote trust and community. The 49ers coach even put together some rules on the best ways to foster dialogue. Walsh’s first law? Be a great listener. Walsh’s second law? “When you’re not listening, ask good questions.”
― Ulrich Boser, The Leap: The Science of Trust and Why It Matters

“Art’s inspiration can be raw and painful. It can be a sort of sickness. The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art once had to remove a sculpture by Ed Kienholz because visitors would vomit when they saw the work. Philosopher Richard Wollheim made three trips to Germany to view the Isenheim Altarpiece, Matthias Grünewald’s sixteenth-century masterwork, but each time he looked at the canvas, he found it unbearable”
― Ulrich Boser, The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft

“small embellishments can even have a positive psychological effect. College students who exaggerated their GPA in interviews later showed improvement in their grades.”
― Ulrich Boser, The Leap: The Science of Trust and Why It Matters

“the representatives need to communicate with the citizens that they represent.”
― Ulrich Boser, The Leap: The Science of Trust and Why It Matters

“James Madison was right when he argued that “all men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.”
― Ulrich Boser, The Leap: The Science of Trust and Why It Matters

“Stendhal’s Syndrome, where extensive exposure to Old Master paintings can cause dizziness, confusion, and hallucinations. Graziella Magherini, the head of psychiatry at Santa Maria Nuova Hospital in Florence, Italy, identified the syndrome in 1989 and has devoted much of her life to curing it. In addition to intensive therapy, she prescribes tranquilizers, bed rest—and time away from art.”
― Ulrich Boser, The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft

“Walsh saw it all as a way to make sure that people across the team knew each other, that the defensive line wasn’t isolated from the receivers or special teams squad.”
― Ulrich Boser, The Leap: The Science of Trust and Why It Matters

“Political trust is different from social trust. Political trust measures our faith in government, and it is crucial for any large-scale community. More than two thousand years ago, Confucius argued that trust was more important for a leader than food or weapons. “If the people have no faith in their rulers, there is no standing for the state,” he explained.”
― Ulrich Boser, The Leap: The Science of Trust and Why It Matters

“would ever steal again. He was sixty-four years old and eligible”
― Ulrich Boser, The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft

“CORRUPTION = MONOPOLY + DISCRETION –ACCOUNTABILITY.”
― Ulrich Boser, The Leap: The Science of Trust and Why It Matters