The easiest programs to use are those which demand the least new learning from the user

Berkeley hackers liked to see themselves as rebels against soulless corporate empires.

The workstation-class machines built by Sun and others opened up new worlds for hackers.

Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse)

Smart data structures and dumb code works a lot better than the other way around.

Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow (e.g., given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix obvious to someone).

If you have the right attitude, interesting problems will find you.

You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion.

Prototype, then polish. Get it working before you optimize it

When I hear the words "social responsibility," I want to reach for my gun.

When your language is nowhere near Turing-complete, syntactic sugar can be your friend.

I believe in destiny Angel. I believe every choice I've made has brought me closer to you. I looked for you for a very long time. I may have fallen from heaven, but I fell for you.

Was this the stupidest thing I had ever done? Maybe, maybe not. Top ten, at least.

Writing good editorials is chiefly telling the people what they think, not what you think.

People join organizations, they leave managers.

Everyone knows that I'm all in favour of apprenticeships, but let me tell you this is no time for a novice.

When souls really touch, it is forever. Then space and time disappear, and all that remains is the consciousness that we are not alone in life.

If you must run, have something to run toward, so it feels less like cowardice.

I've always got my eye on my deathbed.

Successful tape reading is a study of Force; it requires ability to judge which side has the greatest pulling power and one must have the courage to go with that side.

At the Republican convention, there were lots of words used to describe Hillary Clinton, but warm, funny and caring weren't among them.