Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.

Spray a book with insect spray, drop it in a bag, add some mothballs and seal it. Put it in another bag and seal it. Another. The packages piled up on the floor, each a book sealed in four plastic envelopes.

We're looking as far ahead as we can, and we don't get penalized for mistakes.

The Product of Freedom and Security is a constant (F X S = k). Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive.

That's the thing about people who think they hate computers. What they really hate is lousy programmers.

Mother Nature doesn't care if you're having fun.

And every friend I've got has been writing Mars stories. It was pretty clear I'd never catch up.