It would be nice if we could design a virtual reality in Hyperbolic Space, and meet each other there.

Programming is the art of telling another human being what one wants the computer to do.

Random numbers should not be generated with a method chosen at random

Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.

People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like. Otherwise the programs they write will be pretty weird.

Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.

Everyday life is like programming, I guess. If you love something you can put beauty into it.

Programs are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers to execute.

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.

People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people doing things that build on each other, like a wall of mini stones.

The whole thing that makes a mathematician’s life worthwhile is that he gets the grudging admiration of three or four colleagues.

For Arthur, words gathered in waterfall thoughts that spilled off the page into the pools of imaginaton collecting in his head.

God may not give that instant dollar bill your seeking, but it's in the little change He brings, that will add to a dollar.

You know, I change my hair color a lot, I do all sorts of different things.

Remember, America: organization will set you free.

Sacrifice is a step beyond convenience.

I feel like all I've done lately is play really sexually-charged drug addicts. I don't know what's wrong with me. I've gotta go to Disneyland more and get more excitement.

Beauty - a deceitful bait with a deadly hook.

My grandparents are holocaust survivors so I was really aware at a young age how horrible human beings can be to one another.

I love sci-fi, especially when it thrives on a thought-provoking story, rather than explosions.