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.

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.

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.

You can drive a car by looking in the rear view mirror as long as nothing is ahead of you. Not enough software professionals are engaged in forward thinking.

Everything becomes yours when you touch it with your love. You are connected to everything with your feelings.

To hell with what anyone thinks about your life, but you should know what you think about it.

That people you don’t know are worth knowing, that they have something to teach you. That learning about them – that encountering new ideas – doesn’t threaten you, it enriches you. (Celeste Ng)

True confession: The reason we don't talk about race is because we do not speak a common language.

Even when you are not playing you are holding me back.

Morgan Freeman is so class. He's so cool. He's so scary.

Washington has never seen anything like President Donald Trump.

I always wanted to tell stories. From the time I had 20 cents or a quarter in my pocket, I could peddle my old Rambler 500 down to the corner store and buy comic books.

Our mind is always subject to being distracted by thoughts of what happened in the past and ideas of what could happen in the future, but the living experience is what is happening NOW.

Real comedy doesn't just make people laugh and think, but makes them laugh and change.