Most projects start out slowly - and then sort of taper off.

Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters.

Simply stated, it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation.

Hardware works best when it matters the least.

Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank.

People do not win people fights. Lawyers do.

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

The early bird gets the worm. The early worm... gets eaten.

Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'

Law Number IX: Acronyms and abbreviations should be used to the maximum extent possible to make trivial ideas profound ... Q.E.D.

It is beyond logic that we see the light.

You are the universe, so see the beauty of nature and feel the joy of life.

Rules should always be bent, if not broken. It's the only way to have any fun.

Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child.

All decent parents want to do what's best for their children. The Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that.

Herbert Asquith's clarity is a great liability because he has nothing to say.

Far from New England's blustering shore,New England's worm her hulk shall bore,And sink her in the Indian seas,Twine, wine, and hides, and China teas.

It's time for second chances. It's time to remake the world.

My request that my writing be read twice has aroused great indignation. Unjustly so. After all, I do not ask that they be read once.

The only absurdity in which I find equally immense compassion and morality is Christianity - though the compassion is outlandish and the morality is blemished.