“It can be argued that the computer is humanity’s attempt to replicate the human brain. This is perhaps an unattainable goal. However, unattainable goals often lead to outstanding accomplishment.”

“I hope the eld of computer science never loses its sense of fun. ... What you know about computing other people will learn. Dont feel as if the key to successful computing is only in your hands. Wh...”

“Suppose whatever we can recognize we can find. We can if P=NP.”

“Unix is not so much a product as it is a painstakingly compiled oral history of the hacker subculture. It is our Gilgamesh epic: a living body of narrative that many people know by heart, and tell ...”

“Any idiot can put up a website.”

“Don't explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a virgin.”

“Well, Mr. Frankel, who started this program, began to suffer from the computer disease that anybody who works with computers now knows about. It's a very serious disease and it interferes completel...”

“To be of value to humanity, start by thinking for yourself.”

“Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence.”

“The General belonged to the learned type of military men who believed that liberal and humane views can be reconciled with their profession. But being by nature a kind and intelligent man, he soon ...”