Andrew Leigh > Quotes

“To be an ethical leader is indeed to be different. This kind of leader acknowledges the complexity of running a responsible business, yet tries to do it anyway.”
― Andrew Leigh, Ethical Leadership: Creating and Sustaining an Ethical Business Culture

“A trial in 1954 randomly injected 600,000 US children with either polio vaccine or salt water.30 The vaccine proved effective, and immunisation of all American children began the following year.”
― Andrew Leigh, Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Are Changing Our World

“1907 also saw the formation of the NSW Rugby Football League, which broke away from Rugby Union over the issue of player payments. Traditionally, Union had enforced amateurism. That was fine for affluent players, but working-class men could not take time off to train and play without receiving compensation. Again, the working classes had a win, with professionalised Rugby League soon displacing Union in New South Wales and Queensland. Current and future Labor politicians were among League's early leaders. H.V Evatt, who would go on to lead the Labor Party nationally, served as one of the founders of Sydney University's Rugby League club. When he first ran for the electorate of Balmain, Evatt advertised in the official Rugby League journal that he was 'the Rugby League candidate'.”
― Andrew Leigh, Battlers and Billionaires: The Story of Inequality in Australia

“Charisma defined As usual, the Greeks had a word for it. Charisma originated with an ancient Greek word meaning ‘gift’. The early Christians later used it to describe ‘gifts from God that allowed receivers to carry out extraordinary feats such as healing and prophesy.”
― Andrew Leigh, Charisma: The Secrets Of Making A Lasting Impression

“For every serious injury or death that is saved by switching from a medium car to a large SUV, two more result.”
― Andrew Leigh, The Economics of Just About Everything: The hidden reasons for our curious choices and surprising successes: The Hidden Reasons for Our Curious Choices and Surprising Successes in Life

“mainly by using energy and through being fully alert to your surroundings, namely being present. Others rely on methods that are more basic. These include learning to make proper eye contact, encouraging smiling, or developing the ability to ‘talk to anyone’. These are certainly important ingredients.”
― Andrew Leigh, Charisma: The Secrets Of Making A Lasting Impression

“Wondering what to consume? According to the connoisseurs, one of the greatest vintages for Penfolds Grange Hermitage is the 1971, a bottle of which will cost you about $2000, or about $40 a sip. Incidentally, that bottle has increased in price at four times the rate of average earnings: a reflection of the increased demand for high-end commodities. Or if your tastes tend to the illicit, you might consider cocaine - what Robin Williams once described as 'God's way of telling you that you are making too much money. Cocaine is most prevalent in affluent neighbour-hoods, and the share of Australians who used cocaine in the past twelve months has risen eightfold, from 0.5 per cent in 1993 to 4.2 per cent in 2019.”
― Andrew Leigh, Battlers and Billionaires: The Story of Inequality in Australia