On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids.

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!

I will find a way, or I will make one.

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

I've made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them.

There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!

All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.

Who can leap the world's ties and sit with me among white clouds?

A sixty - eight, he wants you to go down on him but he won't return the favor. It would be sixty-nine but he owes you one.

Either you pursue or push, O Sisyphus, the stone destined to keep rolling. [Lat., Aut petis aut urgues ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum.]

I'm grateful for people who have believed in me when others might not have.

It's never too late for a coffee. After all it's morning somewhere in the world.