Why would you have a language that is not theoretically exciting? Because it's very useful.

There's nothing in computing that can't be broken by another level of indirection.

Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data structures, not algorithms, are central to programming.

Narrowness of experience leads to narrowness of imagination

Object-oriented design is the roman numerals of computing.

Fancy algorithms are slow when N is small, and N is usually small.

Such is modern computing: everything simple is made too complicated because it's easy to fiddle with; everything complicated stays complicated because it's hard to fix.

Caches aren't architecture, they're just optimization.

Not only is UNIX dead, it's starting to smell really bad.

If POSIX threads are a good thing, perhaps I don't want to know what they're better than.

Procedure names should reflect what they do; function names should reflect what they return

There is no one or a group that would ever be able to achieve or accomplish anything unique except that they are angry with their situation.

If liberty is abused, get ready for an awkward result

If life has taught me anything it’s to appreciate what you’ve got. Take something for granted and it could be gone before you even realized what you had.

My parents screened 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' for my 6th birthday, and I became fascinated by the idea of living in a candy land with chocolate rivers and lollipop trees.

You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.

If I have a hit, then I hope the people who like the hit song go out and buy my album so they can hear it all.

In less than twenty-five years . . . the motor-car will be obsolete, because the aeroplane will run along the ground as well as fly over it.

Not to say "trophies" aren't wonderful, but they should not be your driving force.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

No one ever goes into battle thinking God is on the other side.