UNIX is simple and coherent, but it takes a genius (or at any rate, a programmer) to understand and appreciate its simplicity.

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.

There isn’t any hell or heaven except for how we relate to our world. Hell is just resistance to life.

If we subject religious claims to a lesser degree of scrutiny, we should not be surprised if religious people subject us to a greater degree of servitude.

Ponzi schemes don’t trickle down, they siphon up.

I have always wanted to do something high octane. I've wanted to tackle an action role where I play a tomboy but empower myself as a woman.

As no two people see the world the same way, all trips from here to there are imaginary; all truth is a tale I am telling myself.

There is no substitute for attentive repetition.

Everyone wants answers and wants to know what the timeline is. Unfortunately, it's a complex situation, and we don't have the final answers yet.

Everyday happiness means you can't wait to come home, because the soup is hot.

I'm not known as a singer, but in life I like to do things that are a bit beyond my reach to keep myself from slipping.

My goals are to tell meaningful stories through songs and touch people's lives... and hopefully make a living doing it.