C was already implemented on several quite different machines and OSs, Unix was already being distributed on the PDP-11, but the portability of the whole system was new

UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.

The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it.

Unix has retarded OS research by 10 years and linux has retarded it by 20.

C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.

C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around.

For infrastructure technology, C will be hard to displace.

A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do

... with proper design, the features come cheaply. This approach is arduous, but continues to succeed.

I'm not a person who particularly had heros when growing up.

Pretty much everything on the web uses those two things: C and UNIX.

You can survive without artistry, but you cannot live without artistry.

If you cannot predict the betrayal from the ones that you love and trust the most, then you are living in a fool's paradise.

the soul mate doesn’t have tobe a romantic relationship.Sometimes in life, you meetpeople when you need them, and there is an immediateconnection.

Our flaws are what makes us human. If we can accept them as part of who we are, they really don't even have to be an issue.

Communism means barbarism.

The perfect accessory can make the difference between looking blah and totally to die for

You can padlock a building, but you can't padlock an idea.

Make converts to your own thoughts and opinions.

The arrogance of race prejudice is an arrogance which defies what is scientifically known of human races.

God is very merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for spiritual realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that His grace will never come.