I suspect that democracy is not viable in a technologically advanced society. Free people wield too much ability to destroy.

Mammals of every species indulge in play. Games are Nature's way of preparing us to face difficult realities.

In the vast game of Darwinian musical chairs, whenever the music stopped there were large numbers of people without a seat—and some smartass had sold them guns.

My fiction is only just over the horizon. I present a world that's different but it's familiar enough that it freaks people out a little.

We need to take a leaf out of natures book. Any species that clones itself will eventually be attacked by a parasite, leading to an inevitable population crash.

Wealth aggregates and becomes political power. Simple as that. ‘Corporation’ is just the most recent name for it.

When the survival strategy of a civilization is invalidated, in all of human history none have ever turned back from the brink.

Anything before you’re thirty-five is new and exciting, and anything after that is proof the world’s going to hell.

Fact and fiction carry the same intrinsic weight in the marketplace of ideas. Fortunately, reality has no advertising budget.

I don't have a Facebook page. I don't use Twitter. I don't give anyone a lot to grab onto. Sometimes, I even take out the battery of my mobile phone so that I can't be localized.

I wrote a piece of software in 1998 that created fictional weather.

A great teacher will invite every student to learn and to participate and inspire more and more learning.

This advice, although good, was totally inapplicable to my case.

We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.

Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.

Kingdom Holding will continue to achieve strong results and to distribute dividends

We have had a lot of problems where you look at San Bernardino, you look at Orlando, you look at the World Trade Center, you look at so many different things.

Philosophy: Impersonal anxiety; refuge among anemic ideas.

Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation.

What we've gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question 'Can we trust Microsoft?' .

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.