"Probably no invention came more easily to man than Heaven."

"Man loves company even if only that of a small burning candle."

"To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation."

"When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause."

"My first meeting as a senator, my first day, they were already talking about the next election. Part of that's the permanent campaign, part of that's a word I've been using more frequently, 'tribal.' Our politics has become tribal: It's us versus them."

"I have an unconscious burglar living in my mind: If I read something, it's mine. I can read Middle English stories, Geoffrey Chaucer or Sir Thomas Malory, but once I start moving in the direction of contemporary fantasy, my mind begins to take over."

"Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request."