The first step is always to succeed in becoming surprised - to notice that there is something funny going on.

if we were forced to choose just one, there would be no way to deny that Judaism is the most important intellectual development in human history.

The "paperless office" is a bad idea because paper is one of the most useful and valuable media ever invented. "On paper" is a good place for information you want to use; a bad place for information you want to store.

Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity.

The future was and remains the quintessential American art form. Other nations sit back and let their futures happen; we construct ours. We can let the future happen, or take the trouble to imagine it. We can imagine it dark or bright - and in the long run, that's how it will be.

If this is the information age, what are we so well-informed about?

Computers make people stupid.