Don’t let anybody ever tell you life’s fair. Not as long as I’m in it.

Life is not a chain of events but an area-something spreading out from a hidden centre and welling at once toward all points of the compass.

I was going to become a youth worker because I do voluntary work with the kids in the little village where I live. I make little films with them and stuff when I'm not working. I thought, I'll pack it in then and go and do something I love doing, and get a regular job because I've got two kids and a mortgage.

Don’t let anybody ever tell you life’s fair. Not as long as I’m in it.

IBM has had a long partnership with Siebel, JD Edwards and Peoplesoft, so from a partner perspective, this is a good move by both sides. This agreement reflects the reality of what customers expect for their investment, support and openness. Oracle really needed to do this for Websphere, but it opens up tremendous opportunities for both companies.

The less you carry the more you will see, the less you spend the more you will experience.

College is the only place where you can rebel by doing exactly what people in authority tell you to do.