List of Walter Isaacson Quotes

I Think That Notion Of Being A Seeker, Somebody Who Never Felt Totally Fulfilled, But Was Always Passionate About The Search, That Comes From The Background, Probably.

Not Playing By The Rules, Not Seeing Things Conventionally, That's The Heart Of Who He [ Steve Jobs] Is, And He Does It In Small Ways Of Everyday Rebellion Just Almost To Assert Who He Is, Like Not Putting A License Plate On His Car.

Without Steve Jobs, You Would Have Well-designed Computers, Probably Open And Not Integrated, But They Wouldn't Have Sex Appeal, They Wouldn't Have Romance.

I Think America Is Really Well-positioned, Because We Do Train People To Be Creative And Sometimes Resist Authority, Which Helps In Being An Innovator. I Think You're Going To See For The Next Phase Of The Revolution All Sorts Of Wonderful Ways Of Connecting Art And Literature And Journalism Into New Forms Of Digital Expression.

Mainly, The Reason People Who Didn't Succeed Had Trouble Because They Had Trouble Forming Teams. They Didn't Know How To Collaborate.

Most Innovation Comes From People Working Together, Collaborating In Teams.

Steve Has A Reality Distortion Field.” When Hertzfeld Looked Puzzled, Tribble Elaborated. “in His Presence, Reality Is Malleable. He Can Convince Anyone Of Practically Anything. It Wears Off When He’s Not Around, But It Makes It Hard To Have Realistic Schedules.

Politics Is For The Present, While Our Equations Are For Eternity.

There Are Parts Of His Life And Personality That Are Extremely Messy, And That's The Truth

Did Alexander Graham Bell Do Any Market Research Before He Invented The Telephone?

People Who Know What They’re Talking About Don’t Need Powerpoint.

One Of The Strongest Motives That Leads Men To Art And Science Is Escape From Everyday Life With Its Painful Crudity And Hopeless Dreariness. Such Men Make This Cosmos And Its Construction The Pivot Of Their Emotional Life, In Order To Find The Peace And Security Which They Cannot Find In The Narrow Whirlpool Of Personal Experience.