Nothing really says ... interactivity - which was so exciting and captures the real, the Web Zeitgeist of 1995 - than 'Click here for a picture of my dog.'

The fusion of art and technology that we call interface design.

Chance favors the connected mind.

The adjacent possible is a kind of shadow future, hovering on the edges of the present state of things, a map of all the ways in which the present can reinvent itself.

If you look at history, innovation doesn't come just from giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where their ideas can connect.

Being right keeps you in place, being wrong forces you to explore.

Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings.

The trick to having good ideas is not to sit around in glorious isolation and try to think big thoughts. The trick is to get more parts on the table.

Those that regularly come into contact with people having diverse interests and viewpoints are more likely to come up with innovative ideas.

When you don't have to ask for permission innovation thrives.

Every childhood has its talismans, the sacred objects that look innocuous enough to the outside world, but that trigger an onslaught of vivid memories when the grown child confronts them.

Is it easy? Usually not. But you don't forgive people for their benefit. You do it for your benefit.

Yet some happiness must and would arise, from the very conviction, that he did suffer.

Wherever you look there is so much loss and folly to contemplate.

Of course, Jules was not a wolf. She was an elephant. But Jules was a very young toy and she had never been to school to learn the difference.

When you talk you are only repeating something you already know. But, if you listen you may learn something new.

Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. The dark background which death supplies brings out the tender colours of life in all their purity.

One of the biggest lessons we can learn in life is to do everything possible to reach an accord with the individual we are having trouble with.

Secrets of the heart are seldom news.

It was the right decision to go into Iraq. I supported it at the time; I support it now.