34 Quotes by Michael Malone

Apple true believers are going to hammer this a thousand different ways on the details, but it caught the essence of Jobs and Gates,

It's especially important since September 11 for people to be trained for the unexpected. We want to try to make sure people are safe.

If he (Rove) was forced to step down, it would be a pretty big blow to the Bush administration. A weakened Republican president who is seen as pro-business could raise some concern.

I don't think he ever asked a middle-aged business executive if he was a virgin. But that was the one time they caught that weirdness about him, where he liked to put people off balance and have this supercilious smile on his face.

Outsiders think of Silicon Valley as a success story, but in truth, it is a graveyard. Failure.. is Silicon Valley's greatest strength. Every failed product or enterprise is a lesson stored in the collective memory of the country. We not only don't stigmatize failure, sometime we even admire it. Venture Capitalists actually like to see a little failure in the resumes of entrepreneurs.

As Gloria Steinem said about Ginger Rogers: She was doing everything Fred Astaire was doing, just doing it backwards in high heels. Well, Southern women are doing and enduring what other women have to do and endure, but (at least until recently) they had to do it in heels and hats and white gloves and makeup and a sweet smile, with maybe a glass of bourbon and a cigarette to get them through the magnolia part of being a steel magnolia.

There is nothing more profoundly serious than real comedy, which is an affirmation of human communion, redemption and grace.

I think the greatest taboos in America are faith and failure.

You don't need great skill to be a tough rebounder; being a rebounder is all about effort, determination, and physicality