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“I choose what I believe, and say nothing. For I am not as simple as I may seem.”
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“We recognize caste in dogs because we rank ourselves by the familiar dog system, a ladderlike social arrangement wherein one individual outranks all others, the next outranks all but the first, and so on down the hierarchy. But the cat system is more like a wheel, with a high-ranking cat at the hub and the others arranged around the rim, all reluctantly acknowledging the superiority of the despot but not necessarily measuring themselves against one another.”
Source : Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (2001). “The Tribe of Tiger”, p.71, Simon and Schuster
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“Whenever it's suggested that our sponsors have some kind of influence or control of what we cover in some kind of censorship through financial pressure, it's rubbish. That's never happened.”
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“Good ball players make good citizens.”
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“About the only good thing you can say about old age is, it's better than being dead!”
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“When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.”
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“Optimization is generally detrimental to future success, but it is the only way to accomplish present success in competition with others who are equally interested in short-term results.”
Source : "O'reilly subjugated to the Lisp juggenaut". Usenet discussion groups, groups.google.com. January 18, 2004. 
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“I never revolted in vain, as a rebel or as a tyrant, but I rose seeking reformation for the nation of my grandfather Mohammad. I intend to enjoin good and forbid evil, to act according to the traditions of my grandfather, and my father Ali Ibn Abi-Talib.”
