Whenever anyone says, 'theoretically', they really mean, 'not really'.

My judgment is that research in 'Star Wars' is going to fail, and I believe this so strongly that I'm willing to stake my professional reputation on this. I don't believe anybody is going to build this thing.

Many spend their time berating practitioners for not applying their method. We all need to disseminate our ideas, but most of our time should be spent applying and improving our methods, not selling them. The best way to sell a mouse trap is to display some trapped mice.

Whenever anyone says, 'theoretically', they really mean, 'not really'.

Find the simplest model that is not a lie is the key to better software design.

Artificial intelligence has the same relation to intelligence as artificial flowers have to flowers.

We must not forget that the wheel is reinvented so often because it is a very good idea; I've learned to worry more about the soundness of ideas that were invented only once.