If you want my ghost just say ' We've always done it that way.' and i will haunt you for 24 hours.

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

When you brought light to my darkness, I undiscovered the eclipse!

You can hide memories, suppress them, but you can’t erase the history that produced them

Only thing that makes us fail in all moments, expectations.

No one could have imagined a place like Havana, Cuba. It is absurdly contradictory, always arguing with itself over whether it is audacious or meek, heroic or stupid, beautiful or abhorrent.

His mind is like that. On the inside, where he never smiles.

Keep focused on the substantive issues. To make a decision means having to go through one door and closing all others.

The whole mass of humanity . . . marches constantly, though slowly, toward greater perfection.

I was excited about getting my first tattoo, but I was only twelve, so I had to hide it from my mother.

The hardest thing about writing is writing.

The darkness declares the glory of light.