“America First,” a campaign slogan of Woodrow Wilson, had been adopted by the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s” — Jason Fagone Ku klux klan Copy Share Image
“It's not quite true that history is written by the winners. It's written by the best publicists on the winning team.” — Jason Fagone History Copy Share Image
“one condition: that she be allowed to work from home.” — Jason Fagone Work From Home Copy Share Image
“Nikola Tesla predicted in 1926 that “when wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain” — Jason Fagone Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
“William made his own children sign a checkout slip if they wanted to carry a book” — Jason Fagone Books Copy Share Image
“his mother collapsed at the news that her son had married a shiksa.” — Jason Fagone Parenting Copy Share Image
“There were possibly three or at most four persons” in the whole United States who knew the slightest thing about codes” — Jason Fagone Programming Copy Share Image
“One way of thinking about science is that it’s a check against the natural human tendency to see patterns that might not… — Jason Fagone Science Copy Share Image
“The world is made of stuff and that stuff behaves in certain predictable ways; if you master the rules, you master the… — Jason Fagone Copy Share Image
“It was once remarked of a well-known Oxford scholar that, while he had no enemies, he was hated by all his friends.… — Jason Fagone Copy Share Image
“making yourself understood to another person is essentially a problem of cryptology.” — Jason Fagone Copy Share Image
“the essence of codebreaking, finding patterns, and because it’s such a basic human function, codebreakers have always emerged from unexpected places” — Jason Fagone Unexpected places Copy Share Image
“Building stuff was an ethical act, a way to become more fully human.” — Jason Fagone Character Copy Share Image
“The president of Harvard changed admissions rules to keep Jews out” — Jason Fagone Judaism Copy Share Image
“It was more important to be honest. “We glide over the offensiveness of names and calm down our consciences by eulogistic mellifluous… — Jason Fagone Copy Share Image
“No code is ever completely solved, you know. —ELIZEBETH S. FRIEDMAN” — Jason Fagone Programming Copy Share Image
“the Friedmans did it all despite having little to no training in mathematics.” — Jason Fagone Fitness Copy Share Image
“If you would like to imagine the birth of the mighty National Security Agency, please visualize two men in a small room,… — Jason Fagone Bow tie Copy Share Image
“His nervous collapse was an “anxiety reaction” sparked by “prolonged overwork” — Jason Fagone Anxiety Copy Share Image
