Narrowness of experience leads to narrowness of imagination

There's nothing in computing that can't be broken by another level of indirection.

Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data structures, not algorithms, are central to programming.

Object-oriented design is the roman numerals of computing.

Fancy algorithms are slow when N is small, and N is usually small.

Such is modern computing: everything simple is made too complicated because it's easy to fiddle with; everything complicated stays complicated because it's hard to fix.

Caches aren't architecture, they're just optimization.

Not only is UNIX dead, it's starting to smell really bad.

If POSIX threads are a good thing, perhaps I don't want to know what they're better than.

Procedure names should reflect what they do; function names should reflect what they return

Eventually, I decided that thinking was not getting me very far and it was time to try building.

With a book, he was regardless of time.

Money has a certain kind of amnesty.

I have my own worries and concerns and frustrations, but I'm doing something I love to do. My wife and kids are in good shape. What is there not to be happy about?

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit mysterious even if you do it for a living.

True loyalty is proven not proclaimed.

What if everything in a museum is crap? It's entirely possible; it's not the end of the world.

Christ was crucified because he threatened the tonal of the time. He was killed because he threatened the established order of the political regime.

I remember when I was shot down in that war. I remember how terrified I was. And it made me feel close to my family, and to God, and to life, and I was scared.

Morning, sunshine." Vlad blinked at her. "Morning, sulfuric acid." "Pardon me?" "Well, isn't it just kinda wrong to call a vampire 'sunshine'?

The memories you have are just recordings of things past, not chains to bind you.