It seems to be a law of design that for every advantage introduced through redesign, there is an accompanying unintended disadvantage.

The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the computer hardware industry.

No one wants to learn from mistakes, but we cannot learn enough from successes to go beyond the state of the art.

Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure.

Failure is Central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation.

Design is nothing if not decision making.

Form follows failure.

The bookshelf, like the book, has become an integral part of civilization as we know it, its presence in a home practically defining what it means to be civilized, educated, and refined.

All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it requires an ensemble of correct assumptions and valid calculations.

Any design, whether its for a ship or an airplane, must be done in anticipation of potential failures.

Our expectations for a technology rise with its advancement.

Good men do the most harm.

People are like songs to me. About 60 seconds in, I'll know whether or not to add them to my 'favorites.

The strength of your mind determines the depth of your desperation! The weaker the mind, the deeper the desperation!

Because it took you years to become so negative, doubting and dis-empowered – it must now become your daily journey to a life-time of positivity and empowering thoughts, words, actions and beliefs.

You know, right often, the body is the best thing we’ve got going for us. A body itself is a shiny object. Something!

Life is fragile, unless your in the NFL in which case you'll need to wear padding.

A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men.

I live out of my suitcase and I'm happy to do so.

Oh these foolish men! They could not create so much as a worm, but they create gods by the dozens.

Brands always mean something. If you don't define what the brand means, your competitors will