Developing a compiler was a logical move; but in matters like this, you don't run against logic - you run against people who can't change their minds.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But do it a third time and you've just proven a natural law!

We're just getting started. We're just beginning to meet what will be the future-we've got the Model T.

If you want my ghost just say ' We've always done it that way.' and i will haunt you for 24 hours.

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologise than it is to get permission.

To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.