And we invested three hundred thousand dollars, became the lead investor and I became Chairman of the Board of Scientific Data Systems, as I was at Intel for a while.

I was one of the founders in, in that, the three of us all had the, had the founder's stock.

So I, I knew something in a business sense about semiconductors and I appreciated their possibilities.

I think they, Peter McCullough was, turns out was not a good CEO.

People come in with business plans and, I mean I know that no one is going to meet everything they say in a business plan but you got to have something to, to guide towards.

IBM decided they were going to enter the copying business in 1968.

Well, I was born and raised in Rochester, New York.

I mean I wasn't a founder in the sense that I contributed anything scientifically but in the sense that I signed the corporation papers and, and owned founder's stock.

And we invested three hundred thousand dollars, became the lead investor and I became Chairman of the Board of Scientific Data Systems, as I was at Intel for a while.

You know, a lot of people are just interested in, in building a company so they can make money and get out.

And what I'm interested in is investing in people.

Killing Intel, I, I just had to resign from the Apple Board.

Which, the first meeting with anybody is, you know, everybody is on their best behavior. It's only after you get to know them for a while that you figure out.

And then lo and behold IBM, Apple and Motorola took an ad in all the newspapers, double page ad, and said, announcing the chip that they were now able to manufacture it and that they were going to kill Intel.

My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation.

You can't live someone else's expectations in life. It's a recipe for disaster.

I actually prefer night shoots to days. I prefer being up. It's easier for me. I'm more of a night person.

My poems were just kind of all over the place. They had no focus, no location, nothing. Kind of a series of images that could have been set anywhere. A lot of the poems were just exercises for myself.

I like both Blu-ray and DVD, but Blu-ray gives you more options.

There is a large body of abolitionists in Clinton and Clark Counties in this state, and in Wayne County Indiana, that would undoubtedly support such a store, but whether their support would be sufficient, I am unable to say.

I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.

In a world without the law of God, you have chaos, oppression, tyranny, and everyone doing what is right in their own eyes.

Theater is a living creature. It takes a while to break in, like a new pair of shoes.

No one should expect the value of their house to appreciate quickly - counting on your home to be a significant part of your retirement saving isn't a winning strategy - but it is reasonable to expect that prices generally will rise with at least the rate of inflation for some time to come.

Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.

Composing is my life blood.

That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us.

Every culture is very important. Dartmouth has always been dedicated to diversity of culture.

Globalization creates economic policies where the transnationals lord over us and the result is misery and unemployment.

But I don't feel the need to be famous.

Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale.

The lifelong goal of an improviser is to listen to what the other person is saying, taking it in, and responding.

I remember somebody came in with Chicago Transit Authority, and we listened to it one time.

I think of myself as a writer who photographs. Images, for me, can be considered poems, short stories or essays. And I've always thought the best place for my photographs was inside books of my own creation.

I try to force myself to travel light; otherwise, I tend to bring a million things that I end up never using!

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

I used to sleep in the T-shirt I wore during the day and whatever ratty old gym shorts I could find on the floor. But one year for Christmas, someone gave me a very chic, comfortable pair of pajamas from Brooks Brothers, and I realized the error of my ways.

I trust people too much, and the other tragedy is I can't say no.

I don't see myself doing catalog shoots in Madrid anymore like I was doing two years ago. I hope that the acting side of things grows.