Unix is like a toll road on which you have to stop every 50 feet to pay another nickel. But hey! You only feel 5 cents poorer each time.

Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.

Being famous has its benefits, but fame isn't one of them.

That which hits the fan tends to get flung in all directions.

I just hope I'm never promoted to the level of my incontinence.

To ordinary folks, conversion is not always automatic. It's something that may or may not require explicit assistance. See Billy Graham.

I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's development, and some of the time it's just goofing off.