My work has taken me from historical research to involvement in electronic publishing ventures to the directorship of the Harvard University Libraries.

I arrived from Harvard, where I had studied philosophy and the history of ideas, with a bias toward literature and formal thought.

The notion of 'history from below' hit the history profession in England very hard around the time I came to Oxford in the early 1960s.

I would not minimize the digital divide, which separates the computerized world from the rest, nor would I underestimate the importance of traditional books.

The American revolutionaries believed in the power of the word. But they had only word of mouth and the printing press. We have the Internet.

Digital data are more fragile than printed material.

The fact that I spend a lot of time in the 18th century doesn't mean I'm not concerned with the 21st.

It's important to make clear to all the schools at Harvard the central role of the library.

I worked for a brief spell as a journalist, but soon I discovered that I didn't want to be a journalist - I wanted to be a historian.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play

When someone loves you, a river of positive charges flow inside you to fill you with joy and bliss.

This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

I'm a firm believer in God and I don't think he'd want me acting a certain way.

She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.

Some musicians are not great technicians, but they give you a rich point of view.

Reality is reality. It transcends every concept. There is no concept which can adequately describe it, not even the concept of interdependence.

Finding a balance, that's what we're all trying to do.

I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life.