I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.

The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.'

No computer is ever going to ask a new, reasonable question. It takes trained people to do that.

It's always easier to apologize for something you've already done than to get approval for it in advance.

Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.

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.