If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.
Finding oil is a multidisciplinary science. You need a lot of people - statisticians, engineers, and geologists, of course. And what I have learned in the past 30 years is that I read people better than I read books.
No one individual vote, no one individual quote or no one individual statement defines me, my beliefs, or my record.