The only real difference between a wise man and a fool, Moore knew, was that the wise man tended to make more serious mistakes—and only because no one trusted a fool with really crucial decisions; only the wise had the opportunity to lose battles, or nations.

In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.

I'd rather talk to people who do things than complain about other people who do things. I say they're idiots.

People live longer today than they ever have. They live happier lives, have more knowledge, more information. All this is the result of communications technology. How is any of that bad?

Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, "Oh, you can't do that..."

I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part.

We cannot fail to win unless we fail to try.