One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person.

Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again, To scenes by memory's silver chain Close-linked, and ever yet apart, That like the vine, whose tendrils young Around some fostering branch have clung, Grown with its growth, as tho' it sprung From one united heart.

It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants. It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.

Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's yours?

Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.

I just like so many different kinds of music that I like experimenting. I don't want to keep making the same record over and over and over. I'm an 'evolve or die' kind of a musician. I think it's cool to try new things.

No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.