Moshe was an Israeli with an ear-slitting laugh. He used it in the same way as a madman uses a gun, spraying it around with bewildering randomness.

Tourists went on holidays while travellers did something else. They travelled.

I don't like dealing with money transactions in poor countries. I get confused between the feeling that I shouldn't haggle with poverty and getting ripped off

Write, write, write! Get your you-know-what in the chair and write more books: write the books of your heart and don’t let stress steal your joy.

When you take a stand against injustice inflicted upon innocent people, there will be those who will hate you for it.

It’s not the application that is stopping people from using timeless knowledge passed on to us, it’s the acknowledging part.

I went out with a guy who once told me I didn’t need to drink to make myself more fun to be around. I told him, I’m drinking so that you’re more fun to be around.

When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed.

Unix has retarded OS research by 10 years and linux has retarded it by 20.

At SGI board meetings... Jim Clark's face would get red and he'd start shouting that an investor and board member had cheated him and his engineers.

Being a Christian means having love. That is unbelievably difficult and, at the same time, incredibly simple.

I was a girl and became a woman. Something about having the freedom at home to be in the position I wanted, to have the people I wanted, was empowering.

Fidelity is a matter of perception; nobody is unfaithful to the sea or to mountains or to death: once recognized they fill the heart.