Quotes by Aaron Swartz

“Growing up, I slowly had this process of realizing that all the things around me that people had told me were just the natural way things were, the way things always would be, they werent natural a...”

“Creativity comes from applying things you learn in other fields to the field you work in.”

“I think deeply about things and want others to do likewise. I work for ideas and learn from people. I dont like excluding people. Im a perfectionist, but I wont let that get in the way of publicati...”

“Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.”

“Think deeply about things. Dont just go along because thats the way things are or thats what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the alternatives, but most importantly, just think.”

“Before I went to college I read two books. I read a book Moral Mazes by Robert Jackall which is a study of how corporations work, and its actually a fascinating book, this sociologist, he just pick...”

“I was around computers from birth; we had one of the first Macs, which came out shortly before I was born, and my dad ran a company that wrote computer operating systems. I don't think I have any p...”

“Computers will be able to do all the mundane tasks in our daily lives.”

“Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7t...”

“With the death of bin Laden, it's finally time for Congress to bring back the pre-9-11 legal norm, before we decided it was okay to toss out our civil liberties if the 'bad guys' were scary enough.”

“Think deeply about things. Don’t just go along because that’s the way things are or that’s what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the alternatives, but most importantly, just think.”

“Before I went to college I read two books. I read a book “Moral Mazes” by Robert Jackall which is a study of how corporations work, and it’s actually a fascinating book, this sociologist, he just p...”