Only by providing leading-edge human capital and knowledge capital can American continue to maintain a high standard of living, including providing national security for its citizens.

Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters.

Simply stated, it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation.

Hardware works best when it matters the least.

Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank.

People do not win people fights. Lawyers do.

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

The early bird gets the worm. The early worm... gets eaten.

Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'

Law Number IX: Acronyms and abbreviations should be used to the maximum extent possible to make trivial ideas profound ... Q.E.D.

See?” I’d whispered to Bones, nudging him with a grin. “He never argues with her. Isn’t that sweet?”A snort preceded his response. “Keep dreaming, pet.

it was being written in the East that 'Sufism was formerly a reality without a name: now it is a name without a reality'.

Today violence is the rhetoric of the period.

If you just go out there and run 100 miles, it breaks down a lot of barriers in terms of self-imposed limitations.

Dreams - Language in a dream is unspoken but understood. Words get in the way.

Make the second effort your second nature.

I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree.

I find, even though it's raining, I just go outside. I look outside and I'm just so blessed to see it and to experience it, because for such a long time I was just indoors.

Actually, Ive gotten myself into some difficult places because I thought I could fix somebody.

Until death it is all life.