It is not enough to wire the world if you short-circuit the soul. Technology without heart is not enough.

We were not just competitors and colleagues, we were friends. We had a lot of opportunities to reflect on this in the last year. It was a competitive brotherhood.

There is no delete button for bigotry.

It will do us little good to wire the world if we short circut our souls. There is no delete button for racism, poverty, or sectarian violence. No key stroke can ever clean the air, save a river, preserve a forest. This transformational new technology must be an extension of our hearts as well as of our mind.

The favourite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that says 'First Iraq, then France'

I always think there are people looking not so much for information as for reassurance and reaffirmation of their views.

I wanted to see what was going on in the world. I sometimes think I overwished.