Whenever the C++ language designers had two competing ideas as to how they should solve some problem, they said, "OK, we'll do them both". So the language is too baroque for my taste.

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.

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.

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

So that others can live in peace, talk about love and peace wherever you go.

The secret belongs only to the Maker of good and faithful dogs.

I think one thing that is extremely important is to connect with people in order to be successful and bring the people in so that they become your partners.

I really think the key to any movie is that you tell the story kind of in a fulsome way, with depth, with skill, and you will find your audience.

Lost money is bewailed with deeper sighs Than friends, or kindred, and with louder cries.

Neglecting to broaden their view has kept some people doing one thing all their lives.

Finding one important thing in your life doesn’t mean you have to give up all the other important things.

Nothing gives life more zest that running for your life.

Each marriage starts with two built-in handicaps. It involves two imperfect people.

He took one of my hands in his, and I brought the other to his face, wondering how his eyes could look like chipped ice and still warm me to my core.