"My whole childhood was like: Work hard, be quiet, respect elderly people, respect your parents, and just be unobtrusive."

“I can teach idiots to squat in ten minutes.”

“To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart that's the case, strikes me as most unrealistic.”

“The bishops eat from my hand.”

Source : Characteristic remark, recalled in Conrad Black Duplessis (1977).

“When you're a kid, it's hard to tell the innocuous secrets from the ones that will kill you if you keep them.”

“The soul, by an instinct stronger than reason, ever associates beauty with truth.”

Source : Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1850). “The optimist”, p.269

“Surely Love is a wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the merchants, for can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.”

“I've been unfortunate enough to be working, and recovering from a few injuries now and again.”

“What we care about is, when faced with a problem and you're a member of a team, do you, at the appropriate time, step in and lead. And just as critically, do you step back and stop leading, do you let someone else?”

Source : "How to Get a Job at Google". mobile.nytimes.com. February 22, 2014.