Thinking doesn't guarantee that we won't make mistakes. But not thinking guarantees that we will.

A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable.

Thinking is not the ability to manipulate language; it’s the ability to manipulate concepts.

When I write a paper, I change my notation much more than I change my concepts.

Formatting is no substitute for writing.

"Sometimes" is sometimes "not never".

Formal mathematics is nature's way of letting you know how sloppyyour mathematics is.

Eli: I walk by faith, not by sight.

Do not rely completely on any other human being however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.

The way I understand it is the communists are in, the atheists are in, the agnostics are in, but religion is out.

Traditional marriage in the platform is the essential building block to our civilization.

In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.

A common objection to inherited wealth is that it stifles the urge to work. I have not generally observed this to be true.

I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant.

I just have an inability to lie.

It often occurs to me that we love most what makes us miserable. In my opinion the damned are damned because they enjoy being damned.

I am convinced that we as a body must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities.