Save it for my unauthorized autobiography.

Accidental stacks considered harmful.

Many computer scientists have fallen into the trap of trying to define languages like George Orwell's Newspeak, in which it is impossible to think bad thoughts. What they end up doing is killing the creativity of programming.

You can never entirely stop being what you once were. That's why it's important to be the right person today, and not put it off till tomorrow.

The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst.

Natural languages generally are not designed by humans, they're just designed by the participants and you say something new and somebody else says, "Oh, that's a cool way to say it," and the next thing you know, everyone is saying it because it's shiny.

It's easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed.