"The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment."

"Over time, it's becoming more and more understood by people that we're acting in their interests. And that's a very, very powerful thing for our brand."

"A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy."

"If two people write exactly the same program, each should be put into microcode and then they certainly won't be the same."

"A program without a loop and a structured variable isn't worth writing."

"The Internet is the end of civilizations, cultures, interests and ethics."

"MS-DOS, an OS originally designed for a microprocessor that modern kitchen appliances would sneer at."

"I think that it's always possible to have a great company if you have great ideas. I will say that since the web has become more commercialized, it also takes some good financial resources to build a great business, but…"

"Well, another market is being created now out of Internet technology."

"If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done."

"I just bought a Mac to help me design the next Cray."

"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity."

"Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more ‘user-friendly’… Their best approach so far has been to take all the old brochures and stamp the words ‘user-friendly’ on the cover."

"If you can't make it good, at least make it look good."

"Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is."

"I also introduce skills like using a hula hoop or jumping rope. I think many kids this age need a break from the computer or video games to learn these very important physical skills."

"There is only one satisfying way to boot a computer."

"One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that–lacking zero–they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs."

"The Internet has been the most fundamental change during my lifetime and for hundreds of years. Someone the other day said, "It's the biggest thing since Gutenberg," and then someone else said "No, it's the biggest thing since the invention…"

"A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked."

"David and I and the rest of the Yahoos here really believe that the internet should remain as free as possible. At the same time we are a business and have fiscal responsibilities."

"The demand for digital textbooks has increased since its introduction to the marketplace. As students become more familiar with them and computers get faster, larger and more portable, this product will gain in popularity."

"Science is supposedly the method by which we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. In computer science, we all are standing on each others' feet."

"The new information technology—Internet and e-mail—have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications."

"Beware of the Turing tar-pit in which everything is possible but nothing of interest is easy."

"Kids today have so many advantages I never had. There's no telling what I could've accomplished with a home computer and a handgun."

"I hope that the internet will get to become ubiquitous and affordable, and if that's achieved, I think it'll be a big part of people's lives - for the better."

"Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous system... I guess I would be nervous if my system was built on their technology too."

"A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant."

"This is a big deal. It's a fairly natural partnership; it shouldn't surprise people, ... We're working on bringing this network-is-the-computer, Net services environment."

"Computers have lots of memory but no imagination."

"The telephone wire, as we know it, has become too slow and too small to handle Internet traffic. It took 75 years for telephones to be used by 50 million customers, but it took only four years for the Internet…"

"When you’re young, you look at television and think, there’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people…"

"In C++ it’s harder to shoot yourself in the foot, but when you do, you blow off your whole leg."

"Database: the information you lose when your memory crashes."

"There's no set architecture in Linux. All roads lead to madness."

"Today's meters are little computers."

"Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs, while the Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning."

"Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches: Banality soothes our nerves."

"Software is like sex: It’s better when it’s free."

"We are always saying to ourself.. we have to innovate. We got to come up with that breakthrough. In fact, the way software works.. so long as you are using your existing software.. you don't pay us anything at all.…"

"Software companies should take more responsibility for security holes, especially in browsers and e-mail clients. There are some straightforward things the industry should be doing right now to fix things, and I don't know why they haven't been done yet."

"It was never clear that it wouldn't just stop (the WWW). Any time during that exponential growth, it could have stalled. I think we were never very confident until 1993."

"The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman."

"As network administrator I can take down the network with one keystroke. It's just like being a doctor but without getting gooky stuff on my paws."

"The debate rages on: is PL/I Bachtrian or Dromedary?"

"Saying that most of the computer was filled with personal images is simply not accurate."

"If google made $1 everytime someone used them to find an answer to a tech support question, they would own microsoft."