As the web becomes more and more of a part of our every day lives, it would be a horrible tragedy if it was locked up inside of companies and proprietary software.

A common quality I see of people who are successful is that they are voracious readers.

Technology is best when it brings people together.

I don't have big ideas. I sometimes have small ideas, which seem to work out.

Usage is like oxygen for ideas. You can never fully anticipate how an audience is going to react to something you've created until it's out there.

Usage is like oxygen for ideas.

You can learn practically anything you want in the world online.

Akismet started on a $70 dollar-a-month server. Anyone can scrape together $70.

If you're not embarrassed when you ship your first version, you waited too long.

130 of Automattic's 150 employees work outside of our San Francisco headquarters. Why are so many companies stuck in this factory model of working?

If you make the Internet, live on the internet.

Bodies aren't the same as Coca-Cola cans.

If we trace the history of any nation backwards into the past, we come at last to a period of myths and traditions which eventually fade away into impenetrable darkness.

When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.

The human brain represents the infinity opportunity our powers are endless if we understand, harness, and empower ourselves to look inside and educate ourselves on our potential.

So few the grains of happiness measured against all the dark and still the scales balance.

But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist.

A lot of musicians are really hard to deal with. They aren't as smart as me.

Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life's concern.

For the size of it, a check book is about the greatest convenience I know of.

It's really fun to listen to other people and be an accompanist.