The general problem with ambitious systems is complexity. [...] it is important to emphasize the value of simplicity and elegance, for complexity has a way of compounding difficulties.

The number of lines of code a programmer can write in a fixed period of time is the same independent of the language used.

My definition of elegance is the achievement of a given functionality with a minimum of mechanism and a maximum of clarity.

Because one has to be an optimist to begin an ambitious project, it is not surprising that underestimation of completion time is the norm.

The use of the high level language made each programmer a factor of 5 to 10 more productive in a coding sense and more concerned with the semantics than the syntax of modules.

Design bugs are often subtle and occur by evolution with early assumptions being forgotten as new features or uses are added to systems.

Regardless of whether one is dealing with assembly language or compiler language, the number of debugged lines of source code per day is about the same!

To our dismay, users who had been enduring several hour waits between jobs run under batch processing were suddenly restless when response times were more than a second.

Oh human creatures, born to soar aloft, Why fall ye thus before a little wind?

It was all about survival. That's all it had ever been about.

Without a soundtrack, human interaction is meaningless.

I have gone to all over the country and I've met so many veterans and I have tremendous veteran support.

We are the New York Yankees

I'm sure Sting's a lovely guy. It's just that nobody wants to be seen as that holier-than-thou thing. That over-earnestness is a bit of a problem with people in bands and celebrities or whatever.

One of the beautiful things about baseball is the history.

Imaginatively in a pictorial sense I was airborne.

Don't let the wicked city get you down.

There is no society for the prevention of cruelty to women.