Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.

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.

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

I've always been more interested in the future than in the past.

A kiss is the only thing you can throw at someone without being held criminally responsible.

We, as writers, have to figure out a way to create a consciousness in language. It's crazy even to attempt to do that.

We know where we're going cause we know where we're from.

I put everything I can into a record. That's what art is for. I take a risk every time I do one with my whole being.

... trash talk ... Washington floats on a river of aspersion.

There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing, that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone to make them lose it.

God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms.

Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating.

I felt like I was living in some sort of video game and people pre-empting every move I made, obviously as a result of accessing my private information.

One day a tortoise will learn how to fly.