“I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.”

A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.

Although humankind inherently “desires to know”, if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then common sense demands that we re-examine our reverence for knowledge.

Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.

I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.

What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.

The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.

Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.

You can drive a car by looking in the rear view mirror as long as nothing is ahead of you. Not enough software professionals are engaged in forward thinking.

Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.

Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.

Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.

I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.

Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.

But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.

You can’t prove anything about a program written in C or FORTRAN. It’s really just Peek and Poke with some syntactic sugar.

We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.

Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.

I predicted in 1950 that in five years, manufacturers the world over would be screaming for protection. It took only four years.

If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago.

If you’re teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.

Where are the one billion people who lived and breathed in the year 1800, only two short centuries ago?

I didn’t realize until I was older what a huge music fan my daddy really was, and actually that my grandma played banjo at one time, and I didn’t even know that until a year or two ago.

Many of those who purchased their residence more than a year ago have equity buffers in their homes adequate to withstand any price decline other than a very deep one.

What is a husband? He is the one who, with a touch, can bring back the starlight and glow of years long ago. At least he hopes he can – don’t disappoint him.