Dave Aitel:

If you don't treat [software] security like a religious fanatic, you are going to be hurt like you can't imagine.

Fred Wilson:

Software is the oil of the information revolution. Companies that control the software infrastructure of the information revolution will sit back and collect the economic surplus of the information revolution and that will be a path to vast wealth and economic power.

Daniel Plainview:

I like to think of myself as an oilman. As an oilman, I hope that you'll forgive just good old fashioned plain-speaking.

The Economist, in 2015:

The notion of shared public ledgers may not sound revolutionary or sexy. Neither did double-entry book-keeping or joint-stock companies. Yet, like them, the blockchain is an apparently mundane process that has the potential to transform how people and businesses co-operate. Bitcoin fanatics are enthralled by the libertarian ideal of a pure, digital currency beyond the reach of any central bank. The real innovation is not the digital coins themselves, but the trust machine that mints them -- and which promises much more besides.

The Economist, in 2008:

Financial progress is about learning to deal with strangers in more complex ways.

Decius:

Money for me, databases for you.