Every gift is held by two hands: the one that gives, and the one that takes away.

Oh, man, why is this the life? Why is it? Why is one rich and the other poor? Why is one black and the other white?

Marriage, n.: The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.

The best sentence? The shortest.

If we can make the correct diagnosis, the healing can begin. If we can't, both our personal health and our economy are doomed.

Thankfulness is the tune of angels.

To some physicists chaos is a science of process rather than state, of becoming rather than being.

In software, we rarely have meaningful requirements. Even if we do, the only measure of success that matters is whether our solution solves the customer's shifting idea of what their problem is.

If we do not begin to practice the muscles of having a possessive investment in each other's oppressions, then we are in some serious trouble.

Before digital, I spent thirty years shooting color transparencies, which are very unforgiving of exposure. A half stop can make or break a good photo on slide film.

Enjoy mystery and speculation, but don't drift into dogma.

I like visual imagery in my head.