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.

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

From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it.

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.

You manage things and lead people.

The only phrase I've ever disliked is, 'Why, we've always done it that way.' I always tell young people, 'Go ahead and do it. You can always apologize later.'

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