I think Leonardo da Vinci teaches us the value of both being focused on things that fascinate us but also, at times, being distracted and deciding to pursue some shiny new idea that you happen to stumble upon. Balancing intense focus with being interested in a whole lot of different things is something that we have to do in the Internet age.

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

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

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

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

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

More generally, I made an effort to leave out things that weren't relevant to the main narrative themes of the book, namely that there were two sides to Steve Jobs: the romantic, poetic, countercultural rebel on one side, and the serious businessperson on the other.