The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission

If one ox could not do the job they did not try to grow a bigger ox, but used two oxen. When we need greater computer power, the answer is not to get a bigger computer, but . . .to build systems of computers and operate them in parallel.

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

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.

One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. They told me computers could only do arithmetic.

I will not take what you need to give me. I will take what you want to give me.