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

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.

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.

One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

We love, you know, children love the ingredients of poetry. And then they go into this tunnel that we call adolescence, and when they come out of it, they hate poetry.

Another day in paradise' was his inevitable pronouncement when he settled his head on his pillow. Now I understand what that meant: the uneventful day was a precious gift.

The disastrous invasion of Iraq, something that I strongly opposed, has unraveled the region.

If an artist is any good at all, then he or she will have a later phase that's more interesting than the early one.

Aim High, Drive hard.

Success begets more in television.

The hard part is what separates good from great.

With regard to ground of this nature, be before the enemy in occupying the raised and sunny spots, and carefully guard your line of supplies. Then you will be able to fight with advantage.

We must have life building, man-making, character-making assimilation of ideas.