Measurements "are never enough. The artist's eye and desire to breathe life into the subject must be the deciding factors.

Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is.

Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.

Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.

Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.

And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books.

My wife, the star I steer by.

Courage is contagious. If a leader shows courage, others get the idea.

We are all disciples of the light.

If you wish to be a writer– then write, and don’t allow anyone to tell you that you’re on the ‘wrong’ path. You know where you’re going, and each word you write gets you a step closer.

Cats have been all over the Internet for many years. This makes total sense, as they seem to spend half their lives trying to stand and sit on the keyboards of our laptops.

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

You have to be very skilled in this industry. I grew in this industry we created the very beginnings of this industry. We made the first PCs (personal computers) in the world.

You're going to spend more time with yourself than with anyone else in your life. You want to spend that whole time fighting who you are?

If you're lucky enough to get old, I think you should celebrate it.

Enthusiasm is contagious, and the person who has it, under control, is generally welcome in any group of people.

I don't want to over think anything because the second I do, I start to fail.

The point is some people think they have a leading role when, really, they're just supporting cast.