“Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours?”

As these machines leak into every corner of our lives, they will annoy us, infuriate us, and even kill a few of us.

To scenes by memory’s silver chain Close-linked, and ever yet apart, That like the vine, whose tendrils young Around some fostering branch have clung, Grown with its growth, as tho’ it sprung From one united heart.

In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.

Computer memories work in a manner alien to human memories. My memory lets me recognize the faces of my friends, whereas my own computer never even recognizes me.

Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.

It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.

Run for your lives-the computers are invading. Awesomely powerful computers tackling ever more important tasks with awkward, old-fashioned interfaces.

There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.

If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.

The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.

I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means saying no to certain things that go with the business.

Touring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don’t need to break. I just need to put a record out.

English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.

While making art you should just do what is in your heart.

One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person.

If you are making a chair, the sandpaper can make it smoother. But no amount of sandpaper will turn a chair into a table.

It’s hard to beat a guy when he’s got his mind made up that he’s going to win.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause. In my mind the losers are those who don’t have a cause they care about.

In the big leagues everyone has ability. It always comes down to mind games. Who ever is more mentally strong-wins.

Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

You dont lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down.

My toughest opponent has always been me.