C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development in a small group.

UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.

The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it.

Unix has retarded OS research by 10 years and linux has retarded it by 20.

C was already implemented on several quite different machines and OSs, Unix was already being distributed on the PDP-11, but the portability of the whole system was new

C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.

C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around.

For infrastructure technology, C will be hard to displace.

A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do

... with proper design, the features come cheaply. This approach is arduous, but continues to succeed.

I'm not a person who particularly had heros when growing up.

A compassionate mind is very difficult to cultivate because compassion demands a sense of equality between all living beings.

Humility is pride in God.

I'm very organised these days, and I keep my life in my handbag, like most women.

We shall find the answer when we examine the problem, the problem is never apart from the answer, the problem IS the answer, understanding the problem dissolves the problem.

I do not envy the headache you will have when you awake. In the meantime, dream of large women.

He was gone, and she was broken hearted, that was all that mattered.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

You can be serious without a suit

We've had a Congress that's spent money like John Edwards at a beauty shop.

You are my life. You're the only thing it would hurt to lose.