“I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.”

I was just your average hockey mom, and signed up for the PTA because I wanted to make my kids’ public education better.

Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.

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.

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

I’m not a big gambler anymore. I like to do it. I enjoy it instead of trying to make money off of it, because I realized you can’t make money gambling.

I don’t like to spend a lot of money on designer clothes, but I do like to look good.

Like a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over time, collects life.

People don’t like to make mistakes.

I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.

I feel like I’ve been very blessed to have some great mentors through the years, starting with Don James, who was my college coach, who really inspired me to want to be a coach, which is not something that I really had in mind.

My wife looked at me and said: ‘Boy, you are skinny, aren’t you?’ I said: ‘Honey, I’d like to remind you that it was minor defects like this that kept me from getting a better wife.’

I try to be green as much as I can and it’s hard. I feel like I’m never doing enough.