Technology is the name we give to stuff that doesn't work properly yet

Cyberspace is - or can be - a good, friendly and egalitarian place to meet.

He felt like an old sponge steeped in paraffin and left in the sun to dry.

Arthur shook his head and sat down. He looked up. “I thought you must be dead …” he said simply. “So did I for a while,” said Ford, “and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. I kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic.

Many respectable physicists said that they weren't going to stand for this -- partly because it was a debasement of science, but mostly because they didn't get invited to those sort of parties.

I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing noise they make as they go by.