I don't think there are many people up in research who have strong ideas about things that they haven't really had experience with.

One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code.

It is only the inadequacy of the criminal code that saves the hackers from very serious prosecution.

When in doubt, use brute force.

It's always good to take an orthogonal view of something. It develops ideas.

If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there.

We have persistent objects, they're called files.

You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself.

I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write.

No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code.

SCCS, the source motel! Programs check in and never check out!

Candace doesn't have to worry about me being busy in my world without you, because you are my world.

I was pretty sure if I tried to sing, all I would cause was an avalanche.

Glorious God stated: "Whosoever shows enmity to someone devoted to Me, I shall be at war with him, etc."

I am very determined and the sport is my passion. I believe I am born for running.

I don't build no heathen temples, where the Lord has done laid a hand. There's a well on the hill, let it be.

I guessed my mother figured if my father got right down to the task of eating he wouldn’t be so inclined to jump up and strangle my grandmother.

Bob Dylan was the source of pop music's unpredictability in the Sixties. Never as big a record-seller as commonly imagined, his importance was first aesthetic and social, and then as an influence.

I'm not in the service business.

You are a citizen, and citizenship carries responsibilities.

No one conceals something in his heart, but Allah causes it to be seen on his face or in a slip of the tongue.