Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?
I always listen to what I can leave out.
Listen to everything, forget much, correct little.
Always listen for what you can leave out.
Do not seek for information of which you cannot make use.
It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognise out of a number of facts which are incidental and which are vital.
I think as we get older, as we get more mature and more experienced, we do realize it's like, 'blah, blah, blah,' oh there's the information I need, and then 'blah, blah, blah,' right? So we do this triage, I feel like, of what people say to us.
The art of reading and studying consists in remembering the essentials and forgetting what is not essential.
