I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.

Most of the bright people don't work for you - no matter who you are.

We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.

There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.

Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.

I wish we hadn't used all the keys on the keyboard.

The best way to do research is to make a radical assumption and then assume it's true. For me, I use the assumption that object oriented programming is the way to go.

Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.

Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.

Interleaf is based on the formatting process.

You can drive a car by looking in the rear view mirror as long as nothing is ahead of you. Not enough software professionals are engaged in forward thinking.

You must be present in the present to make it a present.

We challenge one another to be funnier and smarter.... It's the way friends make love to one another.

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then.

Black culture is a fight. We want to hold on to what we are, but sometimes the things that we are can be totally negative. You have to think: can't we try something new and not be seen as suspect?

You cannot be too active as regards your own efforts; you cannot be too dependent as regards Divine grace. Do every thing as if God did nothing; depend upon God as if He did everything.

When you're touring, it's somehow hard to focus on other things. I know other people can do it, but I really can't.

And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! He chortled in his joy.

The beautiful thing about L.A. is that you have 50 countries in one county. Diversity brings power and muscle.

He who makes war his profession cannot be otherwise than vicious. War makes thieves, and peace brings them to the gallows.

A critic is someone who meddles with something that is none of his business.