The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.

On almost anything someone does in the computer business, you can go back in the literature and prove someone had done it earlier.

There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.

Teamwork was more accepted 40 years ago.

When I was a teenager in the late 30's and early 40's, electronics wasn't a word. You were interested in radio if you were interested in electronics.

Software comes from heaven when you have good hardware.

The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.

I don't watch a lot of TV, to be honest. With three kids I have my hands full.

Each of us has a vital role to play in building a world in which the government and technology serve the world's people and not the other way around.

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

CIA officers aren't idiots. They knew they were heading into deep water - legally and morally - when they signed up for the interrogation program. That's part of the agency's ethos - doing the hard jobs that other departments prudently avoid.

It's like everybody is obsessed with Hollywood movies worldwide. And even though everybody hates the Americans, they're still watching American movies.

Reason is a passion; an instinct, a drive.

Behind every locked door on Skid Road are a thousand stories.

I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that can be captured and feel like old-time Christmas. A lot of the traditions haven't been explained in song.

In the evening every man looks the same. Like penguins. Women have a special dress for that event; men, the same tuxedo.

Even if I tried to fill up the stadium in Ramat Gan, I don't think I could.

It's healthier if you kind of just walk away from things and not really care about what happens.

There are some fantastic roles for women and women of a certain age on television, whether it's 'Medium' or 'The Closer' or 'Damages' or 'Saving Grace.'

To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar fact that civilization is a partial, incomplete, and, to a great extent, superficial modification of barbarism.

If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a cell in the body of the new Buddha. This is not a dream but is possible today and tomorrow.

If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

I try to inhabit each of the characters as fully as I can, however short-lived they are. But most of my show happens offstage.

It was all about the ring. That's where you got your brains shook and the money took.

I have no intention of being a potted plant, and just getting watered every so often.

I love working on a typewriter - the rhythm, the sound; it's like playing the piano, which I do, too.

Killing a baby seal is about the easiest thing you can do if you're inclined to be sadistic; you certainly can't say there's any sport in it - the animal is totally defenceless.

Working on 'Downton Abbey' is amazing, but there's an ensemble cast of between 18 and 21 actors. With 'Love Life,' there are two couples and a few other key characters. As a smaller unit, you've got to take more responsibility - at the same time, you can have more ownership of the direction it's going in.

We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth.

One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy.

Anyone who relies exclusively on television for his or her knowledge of the world is making a serious mistake.