If I were to pick a language to use today other than Java, it would be Scala

Java is C++ without the guns, clubs and knives.

I think it would be a tragic statement of the universe if Java was the last language that swept through.

It makes my head explode when there are people who think you can do everything in HTML.

People think of security as a noun, something you go buy. In reality, it's an abstract concept like happiness. Openness is unbelievably helpful to security.

The real payoffs you never understand. You should just give good people money and tell them to do good things.

An API that isn't comprehensible isn't usable.

During the integration meetings between Sun and Oracle, where we were being grilled about the patent situation between Sun and Google, we could see the Oracle lawyer's eyes sparkle.

It is injustice to determine the brutality of an action because of the victim or the criminal.

Mistakes and regret, desease and death...ain't recognized by mind that capable on changing them into otherwise.

It has been shown that public participation can limit powerful interest groups, while competing interests can help find a reasonable balance between development and environmental protection.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude- roots that can be pulled up.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

You might be a redneck if your sophisticated show-biz cousin is a rodeo clown.

The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs.

I sense a thousand strands of sorrow are sewn into an inch of my spirit.

Ambition can be a disease, and it feeds on itself.

it's a good idea to review past mistakes before committing new ones.