"Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking."

“The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.”

Source : Wendell Phillips (1891). “Speeches, Lectures, and Letters: Second series”

“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”

Source : Charles Dickens (2009). “Our Mutual Friend”, p.455, Cosimo, Inc.

“I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me.”

Source : "Orioles' Palmeiro Suspended for Steroids". www.foxnews.com. August 1, 2005.

“A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense.”

Source : Lawrence Lessig (2002). “The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World”, p.5, Vintage

“If I can avoid the mirror when I brush my teeth in the morning, I will. I find security and safety in the most profound degree of ignorance. If you can just stay ignorant of almost everything you'll be OK. It's fine to stay informed and look at things, but to judge things will bog you down.”

“One percent of the equity, 1 percent of the profits, and 1 percent of the people go into Google.org. The most important asset isn't money, it's people. One percent of the people means 60 or 70 of the smartest people in the world trying to solve some of the biggest problems in the world.”

Source : "Feeling Lucky". Interview with Evan Ratliff, www.wired.com. July 1, 2006.

“Touch was important. The evening of the Third of July we would go around the neighborhood and look at the fireworks others had bought, taking them out of the brown paper sack and handling them cautiously as if they were precious stones. There was envy when we saw sacks with more in them than we had.”

“If his mother was drowning and I was drowning and he had to choose one of us to save, He says he'd save me.”