The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision.

But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensable luxury, but a simple necessity.

Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster.

Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical competence.

A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do.

In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever.

A primary cause of complexity is that software vendors uncritically adopt almost any feature that users want.

C++ is an insult to the human brain

Time pressure gradually corrupts an engineer's standard of quality and perfection. It has a detrimental effect on people as well as products

Increasingly, people seem to misinterpret complexity as sophistication, which is baffling -- the incomprehensible should cause suspicion rather than admiration.

Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster. (Or, sometimes known by] Grove [the head of Intel] giveth and Gates [the head of Microsoft] taketh away.)

Belief is the basis of intuitive behavior.

Be loving to find the love.

Only you can know the difference between your wants and your needs, and your sacrifice of your life's time to both.

...stories that rise from deep suffering can provide the most potent remedies for past, present, and even future ills.

Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.

I love Neil Young. His songs were the first songs I learned to play, and I recommend anyone who is starting guitar to learn Neil Young songs first.

I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.

What would aliens say when told earthlings shift clocks twice a year to fool themselves into thinking there's more sunlight?

Listen, in England people are already writing their memoirs at the age of 23.

The Big Valbowski is a lot like a Hakeem Olajuwan, either he's taking the hook shot from the outside or driving down the lane on the inside, he always scores!