"In 20 or 30 years, you'll be able to hold in your hand as much computing knowledge as exists now in the whole city, or even the whole world."

"It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than 10 functions on 10 data structures."

"First learn computer science and all the theory. Next develop a programming style. Then forget all that and just hack."

"Why do we want intelligent terminals when there are so many stupid users ?"

"Technology is always evolving, and companies.. not just search companies.. can't be afraid to take advantage of change."

"If we believe in data structures, we must believe in independent (hence simultaneous) processing. For why else would we collect items within a structure? Why do we tolerate languages that give us the one without the other?"

"Unfortunately this was an older file that this person hadn't opened in quite a while. The person who uses this computer had missed it."

"Calculations which required a $20 million machine eight years ago can be done on a Mac cluster costing about $11,000."

"I don't want to be left behind. In fact, I want to be here before the action starts."

"The cybernetic exchange between man, computer and algorithm is like a game of musical chairs: The frantic search for balance always leaves one of the three standing ill at ease."

"Five years ago, we thought of the Web as a new medium, not a new economy."

"Computers are like bikinis. They save people a lot of guesswork."

"I think there is irony in the fact that the computer is both their chief venue of communication and propaganda and also the mother of all their fears."

"True innovation often comes from the small startup who is lean enough to launch a market but lacks the heft to own it."

"The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order-of-magnitude better, measured by whatever standard: conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity of design, or problem-solving ability."

"There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives."

"Education makes machines which act like men and produces men who act like machines."

"The Internet is like a giant jellyfish. You can't step on it. You can't go around it. You've got to get through it."

"The more I C, the less I see."

"Buying the right computer and getting it to work properly is no more complicated than building a nuclear reactor from wristwatch parts in a darkened room using only your teeth."

"Any significant boost in technology could just as easily be a rigged demo."

"The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation. The government may not, through the , interrupt that conversation... As the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed, the Internet deserves the highest protection from governmental intrusion...…"

"Life would be so much easier if we only had the source code."

"It is dangerously destabilizing to have half the world on the cutting edge of technology while the other half struggles on the bare edge of survival."

"If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it…"

"The eleventh commandment was "Thou Shalt Compute" or "Thou Shalt Not Compute" - I forget which."

"They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction."

"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."

"Never let a computer know you're in a hurry."

"Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design."

"Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live."

"Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight."

"The probability of a flawless demo is inversely proportional to the number of people watching, raised to the power of the amount of money involved."

"Worth noting: running 'reboot -h' does NOT produce a helpful usage message."

"Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time."

"Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months."

"That can be a good tax planning tool for small businesses - especially if you get a computer or something that you were planning to buy (in the coming year anyway)."

"The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people."

"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."

"Our mission is to organize the world's information. Clearly, the more information we have when we do a search, the better it's going to work."

"Applying computer technology is simply finding the right wrench to pound in the correct screw."

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

"The Linux philosophy is "Laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong One. "Do it yourself". Yes, that's it."

"In June 1994, while it is still our hobby, we renamed it "yahoo" to stand for "yet another hierarchical officious oracle"."

"Efforts to protect critical computer networks have unfortunately not kept pace with the march of technology."

"Like car accidents, most hardware problems are due to driver error."

"There are so many ways to heal. Arrogance may have a place in technology, but not in healing. I need to get out of my own way if I am to heal."

"I get Canadian porno - that's the extent of satellite service and Internet in my house."