You shouldn't use anything as the sole source for anything, in my view.

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.

I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

My original concept was to provide a free encyclopedia for every single person in the world.

The goal is to give people a free encyclopedia to every person in the world, in their own language. Not just in a 'free beer' kind of way, but also in the free speech kind of way.

The real struggle is not between the right and the left but between the party of the thoughtful and the party of the jerks.

Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right, but it always is the reasonable versus the jerks.

We are growing from a cheerful small town where everyone waves off their front porch to the subway of New York City where everyone rushes by. How do you preserve the culture that has worked so well?

Love. It isn't very popular in technical circles to say a lot of mushy stuff about love, but frankly it's a very very important part of what holds our project together.

Everybody tells jokes, but we still need comedians.

A lot of people who work on open-source software don't mind making money elsewhere. They aren't anticommercial.

Never end the relationship when emotionally charged.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

I would ask something more of this world, if it had something more.

Americans around the country who came forward to make my 'bucket list' dream come true.

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.

What is fear of need but need itself?

Take your hands off her, Sinclair told the guy behind me, Or they'll write books about what I'll do to you.

There is only one message that can change the course of human history forever, end the torture, and bring you back to God. That message is The New Gospel: WE ARE ALL ONE.

Do it yourself. Keep going. Many people have said these things to me many times and both are good pieces of advice. I like getting on with things.

Everything about yesterday has gone with yesterday. Today, it is needed to say new things.