Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself - and then a couple of more feet, just to be sure.

I used to be enamored of object-oriented programming. I'm now finding myself leaning toward believing that it is a plot designed to destroy joy.

This is like the telephone problem - no one wants to have the first one. But we are seeing a lot of people who want some sort of technology to solve the spam problem.

Personally, one of the down sides of founding a company is that there is always too much work to do, and sadly I find I don't have much time to code any more.

The intellectual property situation is bad and getting worse. To be a programmer, it requires that you understand as much law as you do technology.

I like to eat good food. I cook and collect wine. I like going for long walks when I can.

People optimize locally - that is, they do what's best for themselves.

Desires intellectual, social etc., but they all be, Soul‟s longing through mind and senses activity.- 40 -

Unhappiness comes from living the life of two people--the one people want you to be and the one you want to be.

I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science.

Fear is a part of everything you do ... You have to take great risks to get big rewards.

Hope is lived when it comes alive, when we go outside of ourselves and, in joy and pain take part in the lives of others.

Whether it's five people or 50,000 people, I always love to perform and feel very blessed that I'm able to do that.

Terrorism is in good part an effective government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly dangerous outside enemy.

The pathway to your best life isn't the route of denial. It's owning every moment.

I think most actors like to do things that are right outside of their comfort zone.

Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.