The workstation-class machines built by Sun and others opened up new worlds for hackers.

Berkeley hackers liked to see themselves as rebels against soulless corporate empires.

Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse)

Smart data structures and dumb code works a lot better than the other way around.

Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow (e.g., given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix obvious to someone).

If you have the right attitude, interesting problems will find you.

You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion.

Prototype, then polish. Get it working before you optimize it

The easiest programs to use are those which demand the least new learning from the user

When I hear the words "social responsibility," I want to reach for my gun.

When your language is nowhere near Turing-complete, syntactic sugar can be your friend.

We are the future

He would much rather hear a piano being demolished by illegal bulldozers than a Mozart concerto

A diligent hawker today, can be a great tycoon tomorrow

With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.

People think they know all these things about other people, and if you ask them why they think they know that, it'd be hard for them to be convincing.

I would never use obscene language in the office. Certainly not. I kept my obscene language for the home, where it belongs.

Sure, we loaned money to build hotels and casinos in Las Vegas. So what? Las Vegas borrowers were good customers.

I'm a free spirit - unfortunately for some.

Mileage makes champions

For oaths are straws, men's faiths are wafer-cakes, And hold-fast is the only dog.