Programs today get very fat; the enhancements tend to slow the program down because people put in special checks. When they want to add some feature, they’ll just stick in these checks without thinking about how they might slow the thing down.

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize in positive ways to help society.

I feel pretty stupid that I don't know any foreign languages. I wish I knew French or Arabic or Chinese.

If you take from the most wealthy and give to the least wealthy, it's good. It tries to balance out.

Now, if you're rich, you can spend a lot of money, Netherlands-style, and reduce that. But Bangladesh or parts of India, like Calcutta, they just simply won't be able to afford that kind of protection.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

Perhaps I should be flattered that somebody imagines the name is worth so much, especially since my parents gave me the same name 42 years ago for free.