#or

We have to compete in a universe of 200 networks, so we have to carve out our own niche, and to me, that niche is just basic shoe-leather journalism with some good journalists at the helm you can trust as presenters. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#carve #compete #good #helm #journalism

One of the great pressures we're facing in journalism now is it's a lot cheaper to hire thumb suckers and pundits and have talk shows on the air than actually have bureaus and reporters. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#air #bureaus #cheaper #facing #great

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

— Walter Isaacson

#care #change #effective #forcing #generally

Steve Jobs was never going to let Flash on any Apple product again like that after in 1997 - he's got a long memory - they said no and Bill Gates said yes. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#again #any #apple #bill #bill gates

Terrorism is a horrible thing that is the great threat to civilization on our planet. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#great #horrible #our #our planet #planet

When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version. You can try to balance things in your gut to get to what you think is the honest truth. Or you can err on the side of kindness. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#err #get #go #gut #honest

You know, one of these things that happened in the '60s and '70s was this confluence of, sort of, a counter-culture with computer culture. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#confluence #culture #happened #know #sort

I blow up fireworks all the time, and I love making milkshakes and banana splits. ↗

— Chris Isaak

#blow #fireworks #i #i love #love

I don't think I've had a more miserable life than a lot of people. I think I've had a pretty lucky life. ↗

— Chris Isaak

#i #i think #life #lot #lucky

I think I had kind of an advantage. When I was growing up, my dad had just got out of jail and he had a great record collection. He had - it was all - these were the songs. So I heard a lot of these songs, like, my whole life, so for me it was easy. I already knew what I was going to sing. ↗

— Chris Isaak

#already #collection #dad #easy #going