Pearl Bailey

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.

A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.

You must change in order to survive.

The free sharing and teaching of open source is incompatible with the notion of the solitary genius.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.