Everything fails, all the time.

If you’re concerned about scalability, any algorithm that forces you to run agreement will eventually become your bottleneck. Take that as a given.

Using clouds is a radical way of consuming IT. There are emotional barriers to giving up some level of control over the servers that you are running [for the companies].

A service is said to be scalable if when we increase the resources in a system, it results in increased performance in a manner proportional to resources added.

I love that the world is data intensive … unfortunately, it's called 'Big Data.'

A real friend is one who helps us to think our best thoughts, do our noblest deeds, and be our finest selves.

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say — because they were too obvious.

Deep down he is shallow.

Focusing on difficulties intensifies and enlarges the problem. When we focus our attention on God, the problem is put into its proper perspective and it no longer overwhelms us.

The bad news was that the yard contained a dog. A very, very large dog, wide and hairy, like a cross between a rottweiler and a Goodyear blimp.

A great song will be great forever - it's timeless and classic in that way.

I always love to learn new things. That's the reason I like being an actor.

At the bottom there is no perfect history; there is none such conceivable. All past centuries have rotted down, and gone confusedly dumb and quiet.

A lot of kids spent more time out of school than in, but I always loved school and thought it was my way out of Cleveland, and out of poverty.

There are so many ways to lose, but so few ways to win. Perhaps the best way to achieve victory is to master all the rules for disaster, and then concentrate on avoiding them.