For infrastructure technology, C will be hard to displace.

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 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

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.

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.

...And if reading could banish the idea for even half an hour, it was something gained.

The greatest blessings is to get rid of the sinful nature through God's grace.

I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.

I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French.

If the United States was mad enough to attack Iran or aggress Venezuela again the price of a barrel of oil could reach $150 or even $200.

My marriage has worked because I am not around much.

And because I’m so out of control, I can’t help myself. I’m not even mine anymore, I’m yours, and what if you decide that you don’t want me? How could you want me like I want you?

Things are changing. They need to change more. It should not be of any note that a woman does something, because women do everything.

I never wanted you to get hurt, but i wanted to take you from him.

I certainly wouldn't advocate anyone using drugs on a regular or habitual basis.