I listen to mostly-classical music, but mostly by radio - I'm not an audiophile.

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.

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.

If you smile with passion, you will become a model at your very own fashion show.

Science is nothing but developed perception interpreted intent common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

If a theory can not be explained to a child, then the theory is probably worthless.

An economist is a man who knows a hundred ways of making love but doesn't know any women.

A true martial artist, in my books anyways, is someone who is going to do the right thing and lead by example.

Politics ain't beanbag: 'tis a man's game, and women, children 'n' pro-hy-bitionists had best stay out of it.

The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers.

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

The second duty of the wife is constant obedience and subjection.

You're gonna lose some ball games and you're gonna win some ball games and that's about it.