Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

Teaching COBOL ought to be regarded as a criminal act.

If there is one 'scientific' discovery I am proud of, it is the discovery of the habit of writing without publication in mind.

I don't need to waste my time with a computer just because I am a computer scientist.

Thanks to the greatly improved possibility of communication, we overrate its importance. Even stronger, we underrate the importance of isolation.

Brainpower is by far our scarcest resource.