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)

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

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

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

A popular feel for scientific endeavors should, if possible, be restored given the needs of the twenty-first century. This does not mean that every literature major should take a watered-down physics course or that a corporate lawyer should stay abreast of quantum mechanics. Rather, it means that an appreciation for the methods of science is a useful asset for a responsible citizenry. What science teaches us, very significantly, is the correlation between factual evidence and general theories, something well illustrated in Einstein's life.

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

Good telling of human stories is the best way to keep the Internet and World Wide Web from becoming a waste vastland.