Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.

Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost.

This is not the time to marry. My country is calling me. I have taken a vow to serve the country with my heart and soul.

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.

Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.

What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death?

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not sleep for the favor of the kings of the world.

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even capable of forming such opinions.

I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites.