I'm still uncertain about the language declaration syntax.

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.

Min ene sko knirker af mangel på stjerneskud

Ever since her being turned into a Churchill, she has out-Churchill'd them all in high and mighty claims.

The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.

Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.

On a Friday night, I like to go out because my friends, who have been working normal hours, just want to let go after a stressful week at work.

It is only in the heart that anything really happens.

Because here’s what guys don’t do if they can’t live without you: They don’t break up with you.

At twelve noon, The natives swoon And no further work is doneBut mad dogs and Englishmen, Go out in the midday sun.

Every day is conquerable by its hours, and every hour by its minutes.

Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough.