The whole hardware industry has experienced the phenomenon in which every time computers get cheaper, they appeal to a new set of users; every time they get more powerful, old customers upgrade.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!

Software is a gas; it expands to fill its container.

Software sucks because users demand it to.

If you talk about sous-vide, then you have to talk about food safety, and microbiology, and heat.

Nobody wants a prediction that the future will be more or less like the present, even if that is, statistically speaking, an excellent prediction.

Words can hurt you. In the larger world, it frames how people think about you, and it can hurt you in lots of little, subtle ways.

Bill, we left megalomania behind a long time ago. Now we are gigalomaniacs.

For relatively modest amounts of sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere, you could easily cool Earth by 1% or more, if you want.

Chefs think about what it's like to make food. Being a scientist in the kitchen is about asking why something works, and how it works.

Intellectual Ventures is a company that invests in invention.

Agent Smith, a lady is never late, everyone is simply early.” I said back, paraphrasing something I saw on a 20/20 special. “Well, a lady isn’t exactly what they are expecting.

We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige

I have never met anyone who wasn't against war. Even Hitler and Mussolini were, according to themselves.

You would think that everyone would leap at the chance to get rid of sin. Not so. They want relief not a cure.

It's a really subtle kind of thing. It makes me feel like Randy Harrison is not a human being to them.

Politics becomes a part of your life once you realize it has been all along.

In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds.

Few of us can actually change the world. We can only change ourselves. But if enough people took that to heart, the world would change.

Sustained success is largely a matter of focusing regularly on the right things and making a lot of uncelebrated little improvements every day.