"I was so ugly that my parents sent my picture to 'ripley's believe it or not' - they sent it back and said, "we don't believe it.""

“800,000 Armenian deportees were actually killed... by holding the guilty accountable the government is intent on cleansing the bloody past.”

“One never took the time to savour the details; one said: another day, but always with the hidden knowledge that each day was unique and fatal, that there never would be a return, another time.”

“Before I begin speaking, there is something I would like to say.”

Source : "The Book of Informatics". Book by John G. Gammack, Valerie Hobbs, and Diarmuid Pigott, p. 5, 2011.

“Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing.”

“Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people … or find a different room.”

“The leader is one who can organize the experience of the group ... and thus get the full power of the group. The leader makes the team. This is pre-eminently the leadership quality - the ability to organize all the forces there are in an enterprise and make them serve a common purpose.”

“Heart be brave. If you cannot be brave, just go. Love's glory is not a small thing.”

“Security is always going to be a cat and mouse game because there'll be people out there that are hunting for the zero day award, you have people that don't have configuration management, don't have vulnerability management, don't have patch management.”

Source : "An Hour with Kevin Mitnick, Part 2". Interview with Vince Barnes, www.esecurityplanet.com. April 7, 2004.