Altruism is a fine motive, but if you want results, greed works much better.

Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.

Programming graphics in X is like finding the square root of PI using Roman numerals.

MS-DOS isn't dead, it just smells that way.

C++ is the best example of second-system effect since OS/360.

Politics /n/: from 'poly ticks', short for 'many small bloodsucking insects'.

A bit of tolerance is worth a megabyte of flamming.

If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.

To err is human, but to really screw things up requires a design committee of bureaucrats.

Belief is no substitute for arithmetic.

Progress requires setbacks the only sure way to avoid failure is not to try.

The best parts about writing a show are [its] first, second and 10th anniversaries. Everything else is relative levels of hell.

How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.

I am very protective of my family.

Some little part of themselves for someone in the future to discover. Maybe a thought. We were here. We built this. A reminder.

Do what is necessary to be resilient. You will get knocked down. What matters is that you get back up.

It's presumptuous to say you know how somebody feels.

I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states.

Surfing's the source. Can change your life. Swear to god

Unsung, the noblest deed will die.

I don't care much about the money at all. Frankly, if I get the chance to kiss someone in a movie, they wouldn't need to pay me at all.