When I write a paper, I change my notation much more than I change my concepts.

A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable.

Thinking doesn't guarantee that we won't make mistakes. But not thinking guarantees that we will.

Thinking is not the ability to manipulate language; it’s the ability to manipulate concepts.

Formatting is no substitute for writing.

"Sometimes" is sometimes "not never".

Formal mathematics is nature's way of letting you know how sloppyyour mathematics is.

God does not require that we be successful only that we be faithful.

It's a long old road but I know I'm gonna find the end.

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.

The best things in life are free. The second best things are very, very expensive.

I am involved in the creation of software, and I'm also in the music business.

This fight is not going to be over in 10 minutes or 10 weeks; there's no quick solution. If you think it's taking too long, remember, God is with you.

The problem with most intimate relationships is that they are not romantic. They do not involve a deeper knowing, and thus there is diminished possibility of sacred, transformative sharing.

It's almost a standard tactic, really, to try to minimize any effort that people in the entertainment business or in any public occupation make to express themselves.