"In this electronic age we see ourselves being translated more and more into the form of information, moving toward the technological extension of consciousness."

"There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew."

"American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age."

"Advertising is an environmental striptease for a world of abundance."

"Internet penetration in Italy is quite low and the Berlusconi media machine controls most of what people see."

"We've complemented that with a second office to think about how we need to prepare ourselves for that period 10 or 15 or 20 years from now, by way of investment in our technology, our organization and our people."

"This is like the telephone problem - no one wants to have the first one. But we are seeing a lot of people who want some sort of technology to solve the spam problem."

"But, when we started our product portfolio, we focused the mixed signal requirements first for image processing devices and then in audio applications , targeting our technology into the growing use of digital technology in consumer markets."