In general, a little controversy isn't harmful: if anything, it gets people interested.

Back before the internet we had a name for people who bought a single copy of our books and lent them to all their friends without charging: we called them "librarians".

Idiots emit bogons, causing machinery to malfunction in their presence. System administrators absorb bogons, letting machinery work again.

The programmers have another saying: 'The question of whether a machine can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.'

Nothing stands for content-free corporate bullshit quite like PowerPoint. And that's just scratching the surface.

More often than not, piracy is a symptom of an under-provisioned market.

Steampunk is nothing more than what happens when Goths discover brown.

One ape's hallucination is another ape's religious experience - it just depends on which one’s god module is overactive at the time.

Unfortunately it's also true to say that good management is a bit like oxygen - it's invisible and you don't notice its presence until it's gone, and then you're sorry.

Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children.

Fiction is about human beings, first and foremost. (It's not impossible to write fiction with no human protagonists, but it's very hard to keep the reader interested ...)

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.

in a crowd of roses, choose to be a sunflower.thornless. unwithering. abundant in seeds

The gods at will can shape a gladder strain, and from the lamentations at the graveside, a song of triumph may arise.

I'm not really opposed to people changing their minds. I'm much more concerned with people who never change their minds no matter what new information is available.

I like to buy clothes that are two sizes too small and then take them in a little.

It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students.

I put myself under immense pressure.

Apparently the only time the press gets it right is when the White House illegally leaks it to them.

Respect for the Truth is an acquired taste.

Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.