It's important to be informed about issues like usability, reliability, security, privacy, and some of the inherent limitations of computers.

The description of my character in the first few movies I did was always 'nerdy,' but I liked that; it was way more interesting.

I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.

Whether you need technology in your body for medical reasons, or just want it to augment your senses or for experimentation, there are numerous fronts that open-source advocates are working on to make implantable technology safer, cheaper, and available to everyone.

Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true.

Nothing kills a CEO's credibility faster than legal, regulatory, and/or ethical questions.

China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.

The overall experience Skype provided was superior to other folks because of the underlying architecture and the ability to provide a superior experience.

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.

Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour.

I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.

To me, it's far more efficient to mobilize the imagination. It's far more efficient to hear a creaking step, for example, than to see the face of a monster, which usually looks ridiculous, and where you know that the blood is ketchup.

No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.

I don't think the disruptor and the business model of a disruptor necessarily is an indication of the topography of the future. If it did, you would say then that everyone will make high-end electric cars, when the answer is clearly no.

I timed my previous wife's pregnancy to the moment to have my son born on Bob Dylan's 50th birthday. There is no bigger Bob Dylan fan than me. You don't just time the day and impregnate your wife to get your kid to be born on Bob Dylan's 50th birthday.

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.