The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very simple systems that work.

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Singularity is the point at which "all the change in the last million years will be superseded by the change in the next five minutes."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

Just like a flower, you are a creation of unique beauty from the one essence of life.

Gone. The saddest word in the language. In any language.

I don't know what's the matter with people: they don't learn by understanding, they learn by some other way — by rote or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!

Trust is a lot to ask of someone.

Galen!" The crown princess flung herself into her husband's arms with a glad cry. The other princesses shrieked and threw themselves at their brother-in-law only a moment later.

Story is the mother of us all. First we wrap our lives in language and then we act on who we say we are. We proceed from the word into the world and make a world based on our stories.

There was a girl knocking on my hotel room door all night! Finally, I let her out.

It frightened people when you were honest; it shocked them.

The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.

Greece appears to be the fountain of knowledge; Rome of elegance