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Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I hope that some day scientists can be considered heroes again, instead of Paris Hilton."

I hope that some day scientists can be considered heroes again, instead of Paris Hilton.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently."

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.




Walter Isaacson Quotes: "It's about doing something larger than yourself. It's about serving this world, helping others."

It's about doing something larger than yourself. It's about serving this world, helping others.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "...never let a passion for the perfect take precedence over pragmatism."

...never let a passion for the perfect take precedence over pragmatism.




Walter Isaacson Quotes: "i had no idea what i wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out."

i had no idea what i wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are."

One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint."

People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint.




Walter Isaacson Quotes: "Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas."

Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "If you act like you can do something, then it will work."

If you act like you can do something, then it will work.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I think that genius comes not just from having great mental processing power. It comes from being able to, as Steve Jobs' ad said, think different."

I think that genius comes not just from having great mental processing power. It comes from being able to, as Steve Jobs' ad said, think different.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "Physics should represent a reality in time and space, free from spooky action at a distance."

Physics should represent a reality in time and space, free from spooky action at a distance.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "Vision w/o execution is just hallucination. You need the right combination of visionary + team that can execute"

Vision w/o execution is just hallucination. You need the right combination of visionary + team that can execute




Walter Isaacson Quotes: "Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box."

Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I think when money starts to corrupt journalism, it undermines the journalism, and it undermines the credibility of the product, and you end up not succeeding."

I think when money starts to corrupt journalism, it undermines the journalism, and it undermines the credibility of the product, and you end up not succeeding.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "Did Alexander Graham Bell do any market research before he invented the telephone?"

Did Alexander Graham Bell do any market research before he invented the telephone?



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "One of the great pressures we're facing in journalism now is it's a lot cheaper to hire thumb suckers and pundits and have talk shows on the air than actually have bureaus and reporters"

One of the great pressures we're facing in journalism now is it's a lot cheaper to hire thumb suckers and pundits and have talk shows on the air than actually have bureaus and reporters



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering."

I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved."

I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "If you truly have a passion for what you do, you will care even about the parts unseen."

If you truly have a passion for what you do, you will care even about the parts unseen.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "You know, one of these things that happened in the '60s and '70s was this confluence of, sort of, a counter-culture with computer culture."

You know, one of these things that happened in the '60s and '70s was this confluence of, sort of, a counter-culture with computer culture.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are."

Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "Simply handing over your iPod to a friend, your blind date, or the total stranger sitting next to you on the plane opens you up like a book." (Steven Levy)"

Simply handing over your iPod to a friend, your blind date, or the total stranger sitting next to you on the plane opens you up like a book." (Steven Levy)



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I think when you're looking for people to interview, you want to make it fair and honest. You're not just bringing people on so you can beat them up or, you know, make fools out of them or something"

I think when you're looking for people to interview, you want to make it fair and honest. You're not just bringing people on so you can beat them up or, you know, make fools out of them or something



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "On Startups: "I hate it when people call themselves "entrepreneurs" when what they're really trying to do is launch a startup and then sell or go public, so they can cash in and move on."

On Startups: "I hate it when people call themselves "entrepreneurs" when what they're really trying to do is launch a startup and then sell or go public, so they can cash in and move on.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I think the biggest innovations of the twenty-first century will be the intersection of biology and technology. A new era is beginning, just like the digital one was when I was his age."

I think the biggest innovations of the twenty-first century will be the intersection of biology and technology. A new era is beginning, just like the digital one was when I was his age.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "The reality distortion field was a confounding mélange of a charismatic rhetorical style, indomitable will, and eagerness to bend any fact to fit the purpose at hand."

The reality distortion field was a confounding mélange of a charismatic rhetorical style, indomitable will, and eagerness to bend any fact to fit the purpose at hand.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "Otherwise, as Dylan says, if you're not busy being born, you're busy dying."

Otherwise, as Dylan says, if you're not busy being born, you're busy dying.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I discovered that the best innovation is sometimes the company, the way you organize a company. The whole notion of how you build a company is fascinating." Steve Jobs"

I discovered that the best innovation is sometimes the company, the way you organize a company. The whole notion of how you build a company is fascinating." Steve Jobs



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "When you write biographies, whether it's about Ben Franklin or Einstein, you discover something amazing: They are human."

When you write biographies, whether it's about Ben Franklin or Einstein, you discover something amazing: They are human.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "Asked about the fact that Apple's iTunes software for Windows computers was extremely popular, Jobs joked, 'It's like giving a glass of ice water to somebody in hell."

Asked about the fact that Apple's iTunes software for Windows computers was extremely popular, Jobs joked, 'It's like giving a glass of ice water to somebody in hell.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "Terrorism is a horrible thing that is the great threat to civilization on our planet."

Terrorism is a horrible thing that is the great threat to civilization on our planet.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I've asked Jobs why he didn't get an operation then and he said, 'I didn't want my body to be opened... I didn't want to be violated in that way.'"

I've asked Jobs why he didn't get an operation then and he said, 'I didn't want my body to be opened... I didn't want to be violated in that way.'



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I think it is valuable and should be valued by its consumers. Charging for content forces discipline on journalists: they must produce things that people actually value."

I think it is valuable and should be valued by its consumers. Charging for content forces discipline on journalists: they must produce things that people actually value.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I used to be an angry man myself. I’m a recovering assaholic so I could recognize that in Steve. (quoting Jean-Louis Gassée)"

I used to be an angry man myself. I’m a recovering assaholic so I could recognize that in Steve. (quoting Jean-Louis Gassée)



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I don't think there was enough skepticism because I think most of us kind of believed that Saddam Hussein was building biological, chemical, and perhaps even, nuclear weapons."

I don't think there was enough skepticism because I think most of us kind of believed that Saddam Hussein was building biological, chemical, and perhaps even, nuclear weapons.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "For some people, miracles serve as evidence of God's existence."

For some people, miracles serve as evidence of God's existence.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change."

Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I think that we shouldn't be fixated all the time on the ups and downs of the weekly ratings, of the quarter-hour ratings."

I think that we shouldn't be fixated all the time on the ups and downs of the weekly ratings, of the quarter-hour ratings.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I've always had an abundance of material about the subjects of my biographies."

I've always had an abundance of material about the subjects of my biographies.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "But the point is to get a whole new generation of people and people in general more re-engaged in news, and this has happened a lot since September 11th of course."

But the point is to get a whole new generation of people and people in general more re-engaged in news, and this has happened a lot since September 11th of course.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "There are parts of his life and personality that are extremely messy, and that's the truth"

There are parts of his life and personality that are extremely messy, and that's the truth



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "Politics is for the present, while our equations are for eternity."

Politics is for the present, while our equations are for eternity.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "Let's crowd source, curate, and add royalties to books"

Let's crowd source, curate, and add royalties to books



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I am a fruitarian and I will only eat leaves picked by virgins in the moonlight - Steve Jobs"

I am a fruitarian and I will only eat leaves picked by virgins in the moonlight - Steve Jobs



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done."

I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "What Einstein was able to do was - to use a cliche - think out of the box."

What Einstein was able to do was - to use a cliche - think out of the box.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I think different religions are different doors to the same house. Sometimes I think the house exists, and sometimes I don’t. It’s the great mystery. (Steve Jobs)"

I think different religions are different doors to the same house. Sometimes I think the house exists, and sometimes I don’t. It’s the great mystery. (Steve Jobs)



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "I think it's really good that you have great competition among news networks, and for that matter all the networks in general. It's bringing more and more people in to watching the news."

I think it's really good that you have great competition among news networks, and for that matter all the networks in general. It's bringing more and more people in to watching the news.



Walter Isaacson Quotes: "Mainly, the reason people who didn't succeed had trouble because they had trouble forming teams. They didn't know how to collaborate."

Mainly, the reason people who didn't succeed had trouble because they had trouble forming teams. They didn't know how to collaborate.