Everyone spoke of an information overload, but what there was in fact was a non-information overload.

When I have the choice to do something I don't want to do, I most often – most always – do it anyway.

I live by two credos: If you don't ask, you don't get. And most things don't work.

You only understand information relative to what you already understand.

People never forget things, they just never remembered it in the first place because it was too boring

The most essential prerequisite to understanding is to be able to admit when you don't understand something

Accept ignorance; pay more attention to the question than the answer; never be afraid to go in the opposite direction.