When Steve Jobs announced his resignation from Apple last week, social media networks were abuzz with quotes from his 2005 Stanford commencement speech, among his other memorable sayings. We discuss the power of quotations, and find out why people continue to find meaning, wisdom and inspiration from quotations. Do you have a cherished quotation on your cubicle wall or in your email signature? If so, we want to hear it.
Guests:
- Fred Shapiro, associate librarian and lecturer in legal research at Yale Law School and editor of “The Yale Book of Quotations”
- Gary Saul Morson, professor of the arts and humanities at Northwestern University and author of the new book, “The Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture”