We bear the world and we make it... There was never a great man who had not a great mother - it is hardly an exaggeration.
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.
Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.
I cried out and my own voice was muffled by the hood.
Nobody is ever met at the airport when beginning a new adventure. It's just not done.