The early idealists and companies and governments have all assumed that the Internet will bring freedom. Yet China proves that this is not the case. Rebecca MacKinnon Read Quote
When you’re coming into a company and, you know, have to do a transformation, what you really want to do is look at the company and say, ‘Okay, here are the parts that the company does well. How do we get those genes to hyper-express? The genes that are getting in the way, how do you turn those off?’ Marissa Mayer Read Quote
The CIA’s drone campaign is extraordinarily effective, and the agency is getting progressively better at targeting senior leaders and disrupting their networks. Joby Warrick Read Quote
Quincy Jones’ autobiography ‘Q’ is very good. Because he’s a master at music, he’s one of our greatest composers, and its good for him to have a book and tell the good ole days when he was with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan and Ray Charles. Ice Cube Read Quote
I worry a lot about people using games just for marketing, to get people to buy more stuff, which I think would be the worst possible use. Jane McGonigal Read Quote
Hollywood is something else. It’s such an exaggerated idea. The concept of what ‘beautiful’ really is is ludicrous. Amanda Schull Read Quote
The Greeks said the artist doesn’t actually have to travel and look around. You stay where God has put you, and you dig as deep as you can. This is what I’ve done. Gian Carlo Menotti Read Quote
A lot of times, people assume that I write all the songs: that I arrange them and I stick Kevin up there as kind of a puppet or something. It’s absolutely not that way. In fact, he writes probably 60 percent of the songs, and I write probably 40 percent. Michael Bacon Read Quote
