"I don't always burn my bridges, but when I do, I like there to be no survivors."

“Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility. I do not like to be unkind.”

“Part of being human is having a sense of humor.”

“Hear ye not the hum Of mighty workings?”

“The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.”

Source : "Computerworld". Book by Douglas Engelbart, p.42, June 22, 1992.

“When governments and other vested interests attack me personally I usually regard it as a vindication, otherwise they would use facts. That's why I believe in the wonderful Claud Cockburn dictum, 'Never believe anything until it is officially denied.' It has certainly been my experience.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Tom Templeton, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2005.

“Coming from a large family makes you feel protected - you have friends and allies.”

Source : "This Much I Know: Paul McGann". www.theguardian.com. June 05, 2011.

“I've never met another man I'd rather be.”

“Travel is one of the best anti-war weapons that there are. I've been to Iran, and if you're there you see little kids, cops, old people, cemeteries. Once you see that, you can't say, 'Oh, Iran, let's bomb them.'”