Thank heaven for startups; without them we'd never have any advances.

If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?

The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late.

Interesting - I use a Mac to help me design the next Cray.(when he was told that Apple Inc. had recently bought a Cray supercomputer to help them design the next Mac )

Anyone can build a fast CPU. The trick is to build a fast system.

I'm supposed to be a scientific person but I use intuition more than logic in making basic decisions.

#3 pencils and quadrille pads.(when asked what CAD tools he used to design the Cray I supercomputer )

Parity is for farmers.

I just bought a Mac to help me design the next Cray.

Farmers buy a lot of computers.

#3 pencils and quadrille pads.

Dead, we are revealed in our true dimensions, and they are surprisingly modest.

They say life is a highway and we all travel our own roads, some good, some bad, yet each is a blessing of its own.

Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching.

We are here to bring to consciousness the beauty and power that are around us and to praise the people who are here with us.

I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird.

You have to make peace with life

Everybody's entitled to their own experience.

People say there are no atheists in foxholes. A lot of people think this is a good argument against atheism. Personally, I think it's a much better argument against foxholes.

I don't get drunk, I get a little happy on rare occasion, and I'm probably dancing if I'm that happy.

I always try to be a trend setter. That's what I always tell young people when I'm giving them advice. To go with their heart and don't follow the trends.