I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. They told me computers could only do arithmetic.

The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.'

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

The only phrase I've ever disliked is, 'Why, we've always done it that way.' I always tell young people, 'Go ahead and do it. You can always apologize later.'

To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.

No computer is ever going to ask a new, reasonable question. It takes trained people to do that.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.

The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission

Life is a great adventure.

You be careful, Wizard. Interestingly eccentric friends aren't easy to find.

Most times, the best thing people deserve from us is our silence.speak through silence and it will be more powerful than harsh words

Well, whatever they say, you don't feel like ghosts.

Your soul: pure glucose edged with hints Of tentative and half-soiled tints

What if we found ourselves building something that nobody wanted? In that case what did it matter if we did it on time and on budget?

I'm not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of short anecdotes.

Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy.

Believing that you cannot have something is the same thing as not desiring to have it, for it produces the same result.

Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal.