FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed - it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.

Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.

When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop.

It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.

In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.

There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.

A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.

Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon.

If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.

What a man dares to do, he should dare to confess- unless he is a coward.

I'm one of those religious people who are afraid of everything. I'm instantly worried about everything that could go wrong.

George Burns was the father I never had

The only person who is hurt by jealousy is you... Eliminate that word from your life... it may not make you unsuccessful selling your art, but it will destroy your happiness.

That's one of the good things about music. You get to do it live, where you can touch the people and interact with them.

My mother has always been my role model, and I believe my survival in the entertainment business is in large part due to my desire to be a strong woman like my mother. She is my hero.

I looked around at us all: me in my nightgown, Kiyo bare-chested, Dorian in his extravagant robes, and Tim in his Native getup. God, I muttered, standing up, we all look like the village people.

You grow up and share life experiences. That's one of the best parts of this business. You share how you're mellowing out and your new sense of self.

The goal of my life isn't just... to be happy. 'Wouldn't it be easier if it was, though?