Technology is dominated by those who manage what they don’t understand: if builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization. — Murphy’s law on tech.

Here’s some advice: at a job interview, tell them you’re willing to give 110 percent. Unless you’re applying to be a statistician.

Know your worth — then add taxes.

The best way to lie is to tell the truth, carefully edited truth. — Michelangelo Merisi, called Caravaggio (c.1594). The Fortune Teller [Oil on canvas]. Musei Capitolini, Rome.

What’s a pepper that won’t leave you alone? Jalapeño business!

There are two kinds of people who don’t say much: those who are quiet and those who talk a lot.