I am not a hero. I just did what any decent person would have done.

People should never think that you have to be a very special person to help those who need you.

Permanent remorse about failing to do your human duty, in my opinion, can be worse than losing your life.

Real strength is being able to carry on when times are hard.

I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.

We did our duty as human beings: helping people in need.

I certainly think that another Holocaust can happen again. It did already occur; think of Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia.

Too often, when people are in trouble they look for scapegoats.

Children who use the Internet are much better informed than when I was young. Use this to your advantage.

You are the heroes. You are the heroes everyday.

I myself am just an ordinary woman. I simply had no choice.

Early sign of getting lost is fear.

Sometimes James Bond movies drive me crazy. They're fun to watch, but they don't have anything to do at all with what intelligence officers really do.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

Software is like gardening - one day I'll go behind the shed and clean up. But if nobody ever goes there, does it matter a lot?

Look round, the wrecks of play behold; Estates dismember'd, mortgaged, sold! Their owners now to jails confin'd, Show equal poverty of mind.

Oh, terrific," Dan muttered. "Just what we need. Another code! Why can't people just say what they mean? Why can't they say THE MAP IS IN THE DESK?

I'd rather call myself a mischief-maker, an imp, rather than a satirist. Satirist sounds so self important. Plus no one is calling himself an imp right now. It makes me feel special.

The cool part of being an entertainer is getting the opportunity to get your feet wet in all areas.

The people who hate SICP are the ones who just want to know how to drive their car on the highway, just like everyone else.

It is utterly astonishing how ordinary a book can be and still be thought the product of omniscience.