I don't expect my flight to produce a generation of astronauts and cosmonauts back home, but I hope it will encourage people to pursue their dreams.

A big part of willpower is having something to aspire to, something to live for.

Computer is not a device anymore. It is an extension of your mind and your gateway to other people.

Those folks who try to impose analog rules on digital content will find themselves on the wrong side of the tidal wave.

An experience like that changes your perspective on life and on the world

I urge telecommunications regulators to develop a commercial strategy for delivering effective access to the continent.

We always think that we are right and we are best, but look at back and if you can see your past the you will be best in future.

To be fearless you must fear less

To mistrust science and deny the validity of scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You'd better go look for work as a plant or wild animal.

Writing is an incredibly creatively empowering experience for me. It is the place where nobody tries to control what I'm doing.

Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame.

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

The student learns rules but all the rules in the world never make a picture.

Graveyards remind us of the vanity of all human endeavour.

It is fit that justice should be administered with great caution.

I say, Lord, do right be me, I'm tired of being lonesome, on'ry, and mean.