A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will not get your budget. Go as close to that line as you can.

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.

It's easier to apologize than ask for permission.

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

I've received many honors and I'm grateful for them; but I've already received the highest award I'll ever receive, and that has been the privilege and honor of serving very proudly in the United States Navy.

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