An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!

Software is a gas; it expands to fill its container.

Software sucks because users demand it to.

If you talk about sous-vide, then you have to talk about food safety, and microbiology, and heat.

Nobody wants a prediction that the future will be more or less like the present, even if that is, statistically speaking, an excellent prediction.

Words can hurt you. In the larger world, it frames how people think about you, and it can hurt you in lots of little, subtle ways.

Bill, we left megalomania behind a long time ago. Now we are gigalomaniacs.

For relatively modest amounts of sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere, you could easily cool Earth by 1% or more, if you want.

Chefs think about what it's like to make food. Being a scientist in the kitchen is about asking why something works, and how it works.

Intellectual Ventures is a company that invests in invention.

The Responsive Classroom approach creates an ideal environment for learning--every teacher should know about it.

I got to eavesdrop at a window. As Clay said, I did have another option. I could wait in the car and let them fill me in later. So, eavesdropping it was.

Mockers = Crown Polishers

As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often write my songs for myself.

My mum is really fair and has blonde hair, and my dad is not dark, either.

Whoever determines the truth from people alone will remain lost in the plains of bewilderment. Rather, know the truth, and you will know its people.

Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul

I'm never going to tell the reader what to believe; I'm going to examine these characters that believe different ways, and examine their motives.

The underground of the city is like what's underground in people. Beneath the surface, it's boiling with monsters.

When a leader is in the Democratic Party he's a boss. When he's in the Republican Party he's nothing but a leader.