More than a billion people have downloaded Google Earth. More than a billion people use Google Maps. They are very comfortable tools for people to explore the planet in high resolution.

There's that statement, "A picture is worth a thousand words" - well, I think flying around in Google Earth is worth a million words.

I feel very fortunate to have been sort of a tiny instigator, using technology for good.

I'm basically a computer science nerd.

Do not forget your Creator in the days of your youth.

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.

All your beliefs, they're just that. They're nothing. They're how you were taught and raised. That doesn't make 'em real.

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one's squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to a pilot than the applause of the whole outside world.

The masses, in their capacity as consumers, ultimately determine everybody's revenues and wealth.

First and foremost, I just want to give a huge thanks to the fans who have been behind me.

Never do I see Jesus lecturing people on the need to accept blindness or lameness as an expression of God's secret will; rather, he healed them.

Beginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the sea.

Films like Harry Potter and Narnia, I'm sure they'll do another one. The biggest audience of course is the youngsters.