Innovation happens because there are people out there doing and trying a lot of different things.

Given a choice between dancing pigs and security, users will pick dancing pigs every time.

I think there are problems with compact disc copy protection that can't be resolved.

And the user may have a higher comfort level deciding what information to provide rather than worrying about what inferences might be made from what they've gathered.

Growth comes out of a healthy competitive atmosphere, not trying to choose a particular path forward.

The secret of the Internet's success has been its openness to new services.

The question is not whether we want to keep this open, neutral Internet - we do, or should - but whether government rulemaking can give us the result we want.

The problem - when you cast your net that wide - is you inevitably catch something you don't want to catch.

Network operators need reasonable leeway to manage their networks.

It's abundantly clear by now that no DRM system can stop serious pirates. A DRM system that stops serious pirates, and simultaneously gives broad leeway to ordinary users, is even harder to imagine.

Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create, and die protecting it.

Reading is, with friendship, one of the surest contributions to the work of grieving. It helps us, more generally, to grieve for the limitations of our life, the limitations of the human condition.

With natural law there is no flaw, we must act in truth and be smart.”Grampa Foster, Meet the Little People…An Enchanting Adventure

All work done with love is healing work.

Xenophobia is dangerous, but patriotism is a good thing.

I was always a bit reluctant with anything like fame and the limelight and it didn't sit very well with me, although I love singing and writing.

What was the good of dreaming of adventure if you turned your back on the first one that came your way?

Beneath this slab John Brown is stowed. He watched the ads, And not the road.

Luckily the script [of X-files episode] was written wonderfully and that became who I was and I was quirky, and I was kind of agitated and not entirely happy, but at the same time, witty.

Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control.