Jim Collins:

Thousands of people could have done the same thing that Mr. Gates did, at the same time. But they didn't.

Lauren Clark:

It's good to have a plan, but if something extraordinary comes your way, you should go for it.

Seth Godin:

Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.

Patrick Haggard:

We feel we choose, but we don't.

Arnab Gupta:

We don't look for data, we look for signal.

Christopher Beam:

If you have an idea for an app, do it now. Throw it up online. Find an audience. Worry about quality later.

Frank Rieger, a spokesman for the Chaos Computer Club, on R2D2:

We were surprised by how bad the quality of the code was.

Ray Ozzie:

I love being around people who just don't believe things can't be done, or don't know that they can't be done, and just build whatever the concept requires.

Eddie Schwartz, chief information security officer at RSA:

Stop whining and get busy.

Steve Yegge:

Monitoring and QA are the same thing.

Ginia Bellafante:

In 1969, there were 78,000 auto thefts in New York City, which amounts to 215 a day.

Erin Nealy Cox, a former U.S. federal computer crimes prosecutor:

It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.

Nick Bilton:

It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.