"The beginnings of the hacker culture as we know it today can be conveniently dated to 1961, the year MIT acquired the first PDP-1"

"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today"

"Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail"

"In thinking about nanotechnology today, what's most important is understanding where it leads, what nanotechnology will look like after we reach the assembler breakthrough"

"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans"

"Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time"

"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future"

"Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true"

"Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it"

"I like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today"

"The science of today is the technology of tomorrow"