One thing that all the totalitarian states did was make the great leader's face everywhere.

Socialization would be the most successful thing to bring mainstream audiences to online computers.

Nothing, save the hangman's noose, concentrates the mind like piles of cash.

Take back the web because it is a situation that really isn't working for anyone.

The blessing of the state, implicit or explicit, has been crucial to every twentieth-century information empire.

We have just decided we have to have everything for free. And I think we're starting to pay for it in terms of our mental states.

The most interesting thing about Google is its founders hated advertising.

Advertising always corrupts the goal of the search engine, which is to try to give you the most important stuff, not the stuff someone paid there to be there.

The best antidote to the disruptive power of innovation is overregulation.

When you pay for stuff, it has more of your interests in heart.

Starting with radio, starting with television, we got used to this idea of stuff being free as long as you just watch a few ads.

If you have one clean hand and one dirty, you do not get two clean hands by rubbing them together.

What is seen by all on FB becomes what each person also sees in the mirror when he sees himself. The others’ gaze, but also the others’ values, opinions, and judgements become one’s own.

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

A Muslim is a person who follows Allah's laws without question. Sharia is our law. No interpretation is needed, nor are laws made by men. Allah is the only lawmaker.

All too much of the man-made is ugly, inefficient, depressing chaos.

It takes me probably about four hours to get into the groove [with making music]. And it's really important for me to not break the groove.

Each scar's a cipher rimmed with old barbs and landmines, protecting its truth.

My goal is to play hard and give the city a chance for a championship.

For Christians this present life is the closest they will come to Hell. For unbelievers, it is the closest they will come to Heaven.

Achievements are precious and timeless, just like the precious metal platinum. And what better way to celebrate milestones in your life than with precious platinum.