James L. Jones:

"There is no right-hand, left-hand anymore."

Ellen Nakashima:

President Obama is expected to announce late this week that he will create a "cyber czar."

Anonymous White House official:

"It's trying to steer us in the right direction."

From the Oxford American Dictionary:

cybernetics. Origin: 1940s, from Greek kybernētēs, "steersman", from kubernan, "to steer"

Why look when you can leap?

We are a cyber nation.

The NITRD Program Senior Steering Group (SSG) for cybersecurity R&D invites you to participate in the National Cyber Leap Year.

Bruce Sterling:

Follow your bliss into the abyss. That's my new bumper sticker. This is the abyss. You guys are the denizens of the abyss. I strap on my diver helmet and go into the internet as far as you can go.

Albert-László Barabási:

We modeled the mobility of mobile phone users in order to study the fundamental spreading patterns that characterize a mobile virus outbreak. Once a mobile operating system’s market share reaches the phase transition point, viruses will pose a serious threat to mobile communications.

Speaking of serious threats:

At least one Russian official has said that a cyber-attack on Russia’s critical transportation or power infrastructure would warrant a nuclear response.

General "Buck" Turgidson:

Mr. President, we are rapidly approaching a moment of truth both for ourselves as human beings and for the life of our nation. Now, truth is not always a pleasant thing. But it is necessary now to make a choice ...