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.

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.

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

AI has by now succeeded in doing essentially everything that requires 'thinking' but has failed to do most of what people and animals do 'without thinking'-that, somehow, is much harder.

[One} who does not know when a gift has made him safe is poorer than a slug, even though he may think otherwise himself.

I would rather dance alone under the stars than spend a lifetime hiding behind the moon.

I think I'm very conscientious of how precious life is and how quickly life can be taken away from you, especially at times when it can be least expected.

We believe the super stock option will become a reality before the end of 2000, ... It's a good idea whose time has come.

I know and know of more than a few MTF's (male-to-female trannies) who've developed strange cancers. Myself, I've got a nice little case of Chronic Lymphocitic Leukemia (CLL).

I'm the easiest person to sell as a villain. Because of my flamboyant lifestyle, because of me being German, the way I am.

Tell what is yours to tell. Let others tell what is theirs.

Aaron Sorkin very sticky about using precise language. It's in his contract: you have to use what he writes!

Any take, anything that's recorded while the mic is on, that could be the final take.