By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of the questions.

Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters.

Simply stated, it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation.

Hardware works best when it matters the least.

Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank.

People do not win people fights. Lawyers do.

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

The early bird gets the worm. The early worm... gets eaten.

Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'

Law Number IX: Acronyms and abbreviations should be used to the maximum extent possible to make trivial ideas profound ... Q.E.D.

We’re in charge of our own forgiveness, and the process takes time, patience, and intention.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

I believe we're past the point where the government or the private sector can solve all problems, it's all about partnerships.

I never dreamed that my future would be my husband's past. But it's such a huge past in terms of the recorded content.

No doubt about it: error is the rule, truth is the accident of error.

When a child hits a child, we call it aggression. When a child hits an adult, we call it hostility. When an adult hits an adult, we call it assault. When an adult hits a child, we call it discipline.

We cannot simultaneously fight terrorism, we and our allies, while with the other hand we fund terrorism, arm terrorism and train terrorism.

If we are deprived of hope as well as fear, we are compensated by being given an almost endless patience for enduring or simply for waiting.

I do what I love for a living, and I also get to build BMX bikes in my spare time.

It takes 42 muscles to smile. Instead pick up your middle finger and say "bite me!