I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.

Most of the bright people don't work for you - no matter who you are.

We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.

There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.

Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.

I wish we hadn't used all the keys on the keyboard.

The best way to do research is to make a radical assumption and then assume it's true. For me, I use the assumption that object oriented programming is the way to go.

Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.

Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.

Interleaf is based on the formatting process.

I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.

Understand you are neither inferior nor superior

The wisest of the wicked schemes are actually foolish.

When life is lost, all is lost.

Always look for ways to act upon the faith you display in your prayers.

I don't want to be a prisoner in a palace, living in such a constricted way - too tight!

One thing that's great about firefighters: If they don't have the equipment they desperately need, they don't have the help, they don't care. They'll do it on their own.

I was a pretty nice kid. Kind of quiet, but quiet in terms I wasn't going out and setting fire to anything. I had a big mouth and I was creative type, you know.

It is never quite safe to think we have done with life. When we imagine we have finished our story fate has a trick of turning the page and showing us yet another chapter.

It's the circumstances that create fear. How you respond is all you can control. Concentrate on that, and you'll always succeed.

When the quest of a dream has a detour or dip, look beyond your dismay and go finish the trip.