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I probably just want to leave a trace of myself behind in this world.

I have one very basic rule when it comes to "good ideas". A good idea is not an idea that solves a problem cleanly. A good idea is an idea that solves several things at the same time. The mark of good coding is not that the program does what you want, it's that it also does something that you didn't start out wanting.

I don't want to be left behind. In fact, I want to be here before the action starts.

I wanted to fly when I was little. I still want to fly.

When I die I just want to be remembered as a Christian.

Some people love money and get into politics. If they love money so much, they should get into commerce, industry, or do whatever they want - it's no sin. But politics is for serving the people.

Originally, I didn't want to say too much about the art.

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop.

It's important to keep a balanced diet, but I'm not a fan of deprivation. If I want a cheeseburger, I am not only going to eat that cheeseburger, but I'm going to enjoy that cheeseburger.

My biggest fear is the people I love not knowing how much I love them. I just want to remind people all the time.

You ARE Zaphod Beeblebrox?' 'Yeah,' said Zaphod, 'but don't shout it out or they'll all want one.' 'THE Zaphod Beeblebrox?' 'No, just A Zaphod Beeblebrox, didn't you hear I come in six packs?' 'But sir,' it squealed, 'I just heard on the sub-ether radio report. It said you were dead...' 'Yeah, that's right, I just haven't stopped moving yet.

Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready. Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?

What the Lord wants is that you shall go about the business to which He sets you, not asking for an easy post, nor grumbling at a hard one.

Experience teaches you how to do things you never want to do again.

If you make a product good enough... the public will make a path to your door, says the philosopher. But if you want the public in sufficient numbers, you would better construct a highway. Advertising is that highway.

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.

I have very high expectations of myself. I'm a very competitive person but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else then so be it.

The most important truths are likely to be those which society at that time least wants to hear.

I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.

She obeys me, but only because she wants to. It's the only justification for obedience, Ged observed.

They'll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you.

I lean toward a flat tax. But I want to make it real flat, like ZERO.

You can draw any kind of picture you want on a clean slate and indulge your every whim in the wilderness in laying out a New Delhi, Canberra, or Brasilia, but when you operate in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax.

I don't want to unlove you because I love you.

They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. . . . As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.