Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent.

I also believe that it is time to begin the fundamental analysis of how we got here, what led us here and what we need to do in order to ensure that we are equipped with the best possible intelligence as we face these issues in the future.

David Kay

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax

Abraham Lincoln

While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental truth of his writing, his grand humility: that we frequently do not know our own motivations in life and are prisoners to what we cannot understand. We can recognize only a small fragment of our own, and an even smaller fragment of anyone else's, impetus.

Andrew Solomon

He who dares not (reason), is a slave.

William Drummond

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.

Kurt Vonnegut

The basis of life is absolute freedom. The objective of life is absolute joy. The result of life is absolute growth.

Esther Hicks

The highest-income Americans don't need tax-free health insurance, mortgage interest deductions or deferred taxation on retirement funds.

Steven Rattner

Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

Ovid

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art it is the part the schools cannot recognize.

James Joyce

I'm thankful to be breathing, on this side of the grass. Whatever comes, comes.

Ron Perlman

The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether it's Finland or Japan, Denmark or Singapore, do well because they have professional teachers who are respected, and they also have family and community which support learning.

Howard Gardner