The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

One thing I've always loved about the culture at Microsoft is there is nobody who is tougher on us, in terms of what we need to learn and do better, than the people in the company itself. You can walk down these halls, and they'll tell you, 'We need to do usability better, push this or that frontier.'

If your culture doesn't like geeks, you are in real trouble.

I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.

The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable.

I was just like, 'You know what? If I want to write about the culture war, I don't wanna be a pawn in it anymore.