The smallest thought could not exist unless the entire universe and the laws of physics were in some way encouraging it.

Humans are the reproductive organs of technology.

We are infected by our own misunderstandin g of how our own minds work.

Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design.

Willingness to learn is important, but willingness to act on what you learn is critical.

What technology is really about is better ways to evolve. That is what we call an 'infinite game.' ... A finite game is played to win, and an infinite game is played to keep playing.

Singularity is the point at which "all the change in the last million years will be superseded by the change in the next five minutes."

Humans are the reproductive organs of technology. We multiply manufactured artifacts and spread ideas and memes.

Technological advances could allow us to see more clearly into our own lives.

A complaint is a unique opportunity to strengthen the relationship with the client.

The only factor becoming scarce in a world of abundance is human attention.

Real patience is not the same as waiting impatiently for something for a long time. Patience is having patience with patience.

It is from the level of calamities ... that we learn impressive and useful lessons.

We must advertise to U.S. business that we are there, that our attitude has changed, and that we care. When we are asked to help, we have to perform and provide the right advice.

Truth shines the brighter, clad in verse.

I'm the best there is at what I do but what I do best isn't very nice

Adjusting to the requirement for perfection is, I think, the most difficult part of learning to program.

My life is a series of dumb choices

There are many roads to Mecca.

The really difficult moral issues arise, not from a confrontation of good and evil, but from a collision between two goods

Life owes me something more than it has paid me and I'm going out to collect it.