“I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed . . . equally well.”

“What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve.”

“There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.”

“In fact , we might as well say "proprietary", which ,in fact, was the byword of the old computer industry.”

“Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.”

“The only obligation we have in any lifetime is to be true to ourselves.”

“Why had such a promising world been crucified on the tree of obligation, thorned by duties, hanged by hypocrisy, smothered by customs?”