There are few professions whose primary objective is to advance the cause of humanity rather than simply to make money or accrue power. Among this limited group of humanitarians I would number teachers, nurses, bookstore owners, and bartenders.

Sometimes the cost of integrity is the loss of a friend.

Technological civilizations don't last long. You're all right until you get a printing press. Then a race starts between technology and common sense. And maybe technology always wins.

Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.

There is nothing that overwhelms the senses quite like an unwelcome silence.

If you want data to survive, carve it in rock.

Intelligence is like pornography. I can't define it, but I know if when I see it.