Using clouds is a radical way of consuming IT. There are emotional barriers to giving up some level of control over the servers that you are running [for the companies].

Everything fails, all the time.

If you’re concerned about scalability, any algorithm that forces you to run agreement will eventually become your bottleneck. Take that as a given.

A service is said to be scalable if when we increase the resources in a system, it results in increased performance in a manner proportional to resources added.

I love that the world is data intensive … unfortunately, it's called 'Big Data.'

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey.

The benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of one is the neglect of all.

Call me a troglodyte; I'd rather peruse those photos alongside my sweetheart, catch the newspaper on the way to work, and page thorough a real book.

But epistemology is always and inevitably personal. The point of the probe is always in the heart of the explorer: What is my answer to the question of the nature of knowing?

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.

In a society that functions optimally, those who can should naturally want to provide for those who can't. That's how it's designed to work. I truly believe we're here to take care of one another.

We are all great beings... I think people have lost the sense of that.

Having daughters tends to help a guy get in touch with his inner social conservative.

The mirror to the beautiful is beautiful.