“I think it's fair to say that I don't pick up languages. If anything, I roll around in them gracelessly and pray that something sticks.”

“And Id be damned if I let the first photograph of me in ten years be taken on fucking Amtrak. I mean, the light alone.”

“And I’d be damned if I let the first photograph of me in ten years be taken on fucking Amtrak. I mean, the light alone.”

“Anyone who is willing to work and is serious about it will certainly find a job. Only you must not go to the man who tells you this, for he has no job to offer and doesn't know anyone who knows of ...”

“Choose your counsel, company and companions wisely: beware seeking wise words of advice from a fool or expecting informed opinions or decisions from the ignorant.”

“If you find it difficult to get along with your boss, try to reason with him and talk through your differences. If that doesn't work, drive him to suicide and take over the company.”

“Tax not so bad a voice to slander music any more than once.”

“Difficult do you call it, Sir? I wish it were impossible. [on hearing a famous violinist]”

“He'd call me false and faithless and I've always had a weakness for those two words; next to cruel, they're the nicest words for a woman to hear, and not so hard to earn.”

“But despite the universality of URLs, we often forget that they're not just a handy way to address network resources. They're also valuable communication tools.”

“Forecasting is simply not a strength of the species we are much better with tools and narrative storytelling. ”

“Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools.”