Apple is in a position they've been in a lot of times before. They're like Moses showing the way to the promised land, but they don't actually go there.

The problem for most artists isn't piracy, it's obscurity.

Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.

We're entering a new world in which data may be more important than software.

A book is always a dialogue with other readers and other books.

I think that companies always become complacent, over time. Or most companies, that is.

The future is always scary to those who cling to the past.

Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups, not from large, structured efforts.

There's not a single business model, and there's not a single type of electronic content. There are really a lot of opportunities and a lot of options and we just have to discover all of them.

An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started.

Who has the data has the power.

Tatsuya: What you have "right now" won't necessarily continue on until forever...Hiro: ... Yeah, I know.

The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them--when they feel understood by you--that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.

A thing of beauty is a boy forever.

We must never allow the majority to overrule the clear teaching of the Word of God.

Hillary Clinton's popular vote lead is now up to 2.3 million votes, but get this, [Donald] Trump's percentage of the popular vote has now dropped to 46.4 percent.

You never know when the devil might come calling.

The only competition you will have is the competition between your disciplined and undisciplined mind.

I try to use my music to move these people to act.

You can't expect everyone to love you. I'm not someone who just wants to throw out hate, just because.

There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence.