I will not take what you need to give me. I will take what you want to give me.

The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.'

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

The only phrase I've ever disliked is, 'Why, we've always done it that way.' I always tell young people, 'Go ahead and do it. You can always apologize later.'

To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.

No computer is ever going to ask a new, reasonable question. It takes trained people to do that.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.

The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission

Hey, Max, " I whispered. "I love you, too."The smile that lit up his face was brighter than the neon lights radiating from the London Eye. But mine felt even brighter.Like my future.

He did not see at the moment how foolish it was for two of them to go on alone

Success is always inevitable wherever there is a mind with an undying will to win.

There is no miraculous change that takes place in a boy that makes him a man. He becomes a man by being a man.

The 'Hipster Nerds' like stuff because they hate it. It's like they ironically like it.

Why children?' he asked. 'Why always children? For love to end where it begins is far more beautiful, and Nature knows it.

Whatever white people do not know about Negroes reveals, precisely and inexorably, what they do not know about themselves.

You can't control the perception of others no matter how hard you try. Do things that promote personal growth and health.

All real progress must be slow.

Communism didn't work because people weren't ready for it, it was corrupt, and because it squelched individualism.